SB80 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Arthur OrrSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee, membership altered to include chairs of House Ways and Means General Fund and Education and Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund and Education Committees, provide further for the length of terms on the committee, Sec. 29-2-40 am'd.

Summary

SB 80 expands and clarifies the Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee by increasing its size to seven and specifying which legislative chairs must be on it.

What This Bill Does

The bill increases the committee from five members to seven. It requires the chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee and the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee, as well as the chairs of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee and the House Ways and Means Education Committee, to be on the committee. It adds three additional members from the Senate and three from the House, appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, respectively. It also allows a member to continue serving until a successor is appointed under the same appointment rules, or through the next term if reelected without a break in service.

Who It Affects

• Senate and House members who will serve on the Contract Review Committee (including the specified chairs and the three additional members from each chamber), with terms tied to their current office or appointed term.
• The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, who appoint the three additional members from their respective chambers and oversee the committee's composition.

Key Provisions

• Increases Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee membership from five to seven members.
• Clarifies that the committee includes the chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee, the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee, the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee, and the House Ways and Means Education Committee.
• Adds three additional Senate members and three additional House members to the committee, appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, respectively.
• Provides for terms so a member may serve while in the qualifying office or during the appointed term, and, if reelected without a break, through the next term until a successor is appointed.
• Effective date: becomes law on the first day of the third month after passage and governor’s approval.

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Subjects

Legislature