HJR368 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Randy Davis

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Auditor, Treasurer, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Joint Study Committee, created

Summary

HJR368 creates a joint study committee to review the Auditor, Treasurer, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and report findings and recommendations.

What This Bill Does

The bill establishes a joint committee made up of members from specific House and Senate committees to study the three offices. It forms three subcommittees at the first meeting, with each subcommittee focusing on one office. The committee will elect leaders, meet as needed, and report its findings and recommendations to the Speaker and President Pro Tempore by the fifth legislative day of 2017, after which the committee is dissolved; members will receive standard compensation, per diem, and travel expenses for meetings.

Who It Affects

• Legislators who are members of the House Constitution, Campaigns, and Elections Committee and the Senate Committee on Constitution, Ethics, and Elections, who will participate in the study.
• The Auditor, Treasurer, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, as the subjects of the study.

Key Provisions

• Creation of the Auditor, Treasurer, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Joint Study Committee.
• Committee composition limited to members of the specified House and Senate committees.
• At the first meeting, three subcommittees are formed to study each of the three offices.
• The committee and subcommittees elect chairs and vice chairs and meet as called by the chair.
• Subcommittees report their findings and recommendations to the full committee.
• The committee must report findings and suggestions to the Speaker and President Pro Tempore by the fifth legislative day of the 2017 Regular Session and then is dissolved.
• Members receive regular compensation, per diem, and travel expenses for meetings, paid from legislative funds.

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Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative