Section 29-2-2 Created; membership; appointment, qualifications and terms of members; vacancies.
Section 29-2-2
Created; membership; appointment, qualifications and terms of members; vacancies.
There is hereby created a continuing permanent joint transportation committee of the Legislature to be known as the "Joint Transportation Committee." The committee shall consist of seven members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate and seven members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one senator and one house member to be a resident of each present United States congressional district in the state. Members of the Joint Transportation Committee shall be appointed within five legislative days after the convening of the first regular session after the election of each Legislature. Members shall hold office during their terms as legislators and until their successors are appointed. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the respective presiding officer. Appointees shall be residents of the congressional district where the vacancy exists.
(Acts 1975, No. 1218, p. 2540, §2; Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-785, p. 76, §1.)