Sec. 2-53e. Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee.
Sec. 2-53e. Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee. There
is hereby created a Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee which
shall be a permanent standing committee of the General Assembly, consisting of six
members of the Senate, three appointed by the president pro tempore and three appointed
by the minority leader, and six members of the House of Representatives, three appointed
by the speaker of the House and three appointed by the minority leader. Members shall
serve for a term of two years from date of appointment. The appointments shall be made
at the beginning of each regular session of the General Assembly in the odd-numbered
year. The terms of all members appointed to the committee shall end with the termination
of each member's term or holding of office, whichever occurs first. Vacancies shall
be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. The committee shall select
cochairpersons and such other officers as it may deem necessary from among its membership. A majority of the membership shall constitute a quorum and all actions of
the committee shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the full committee
membership. The cochairpersons and ranking minority members of the joint standing
committee requesting an investigation shall serve as nonvoting, ex-officio members of
the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee during the course of
such investigation.
(1972, P.A. 90, S. 1; P.A. 75-388, S. 2; P.A. 79-31, S. 10, 17; P.A. 82-314, S. 3, 63; P.A. 89-142, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-388 added words "and investigations" to committee name, deleted obsolete provisions for initial
appointments and provided for ex-officio members; P.A. 79-31 replaced the word "policy" with "elections" in the committee
name and changed "co-chairmen" to "cochairpersons"; P.A. 82-314 changed formal designations of committees; P.A. 89-142 deleted provision requiring appointment by each appointing authority of member from committees having cognizance
of appropriations and government administration.