Sec. 2-71b. Duties and powers of committee.
Sec. 2-71b. Duties and powers of committee. Said committee shall function during the periods when the General Assembly is not in session as well as during any session
and shall be responsible for the business and fiscal affairs of the General Assembly
including the coordination and management of legislative affairs and the supervision and
approval of any and all legislative expenditures from all appropriations to the General
Assembly, legislative commissions and legislative interim committees. Notwithstanding any act or resolution to the contrary, it shall review and approve the budgetary
requests of such commissions, committees and agencies of the Legislative Department
and shall establish personnel policies, guidelines and regulations and salary schedules
for the employees of such commissions, committees and agencies of the Legislative
Department. It shall coordinate the work of the joint standing committees of the General
Assembly during the session and of such commissions and committees which function
during the interim. The Joint Committee on Legislative Management shall assess ways
and means to improve the legislative operation and shall make improvements in the
legislative organization, procedures, facilities and working conditions and may from
time to time make such reports to the regular session of the General Assembly of its
operations and activities. Such committee may employ personnel and research staffs,
clerical assistance and other personnel it may require for the discharge of its duties.
(1969, P. A. 749, S. 2; P.A. 86-18, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 86-18 added provision re establishment of "personnel policies, guidelines and regulations" for employees
of "agencies of the legislative" department.