46-1210. Legislative research department; director of legislative research; assistants and employees; duties and functions of department.
46-1210
46-1210. Legislative research department; director of legislativeresearch; assistants and employees; duties and functions of department.(a) There is hereby established the legislative research departmentwhose head shall be the director of legislative research and who shall beappointed by the legislative coordinating council to serve under itsdirection. The director of legislative research may be removed from officeby a vote of five (5) members of the legislative coordinating council takenat any regular meeting of such council. The director of legislativeresearch shall receive such compensation as is determined by thelegislative coordinating council. Such director, and any of his or herassistants specified by the legislative coordinating council, shall receiveexpenses and allowances for in-state and out-of-state travel as is providedby law for members of the legislature. Such director shall appoint suchassistants and employees of the legislative research department as areauthorized by the legislative coordinating council and shall set theircompensation subject to the approval of such council. Such director and allassistants and employees of the legislative research department shall be inthe unclassified service.
(b) The legislative research department shall perform legislativeresearch functions and such other duties as are directed by the legislativecoordinating council.
(c) The legislative research department shall provide staff services toall special committees, select committees and standing committees meetingwhen the legislature is not in session, and to the extent possible,accomplish the following:
(1) Assist each committee chairman in planning the work of thecommittee, and in accordance with the chairman's instructions prepare anagenda for each meeting.
(2) Appropriately notify committee members, staff and other interestedpersons of meeting times and other information as directed by the committeechairman.
(3) Prepare minutes of each committee meeting to show attendance,disposition of agenda items, tentative and final committee decisions andstaff instructions, and such other matters as may be helpful to the work ofthe committee.
(4) Prepare and present research information in accordance withcommittee instructions or instructions of the committee chairman.
(5) Obtain attendance of persons for committee presentations ortestimony. In cases of compulsory process, work with the office of revisorof statutes and office of attorney general to obtain satisfactory results.
(6) Prepare interim reports of committee work when the same is requestedof a committee by the legislative coordinating council. Any such reportshall have committee approval before transmission.
(7) Prepare final committee report in accordance with committeeinstructions; the same to include relevant information, committee policyrecommendations, and to the extent possible, appropriate bill draftsprepared by the office of revisor of statutes.
(8) Receive and analyze agency requests for appropriations and preparefiscal information for appropriate legislative committees.
(d) Special committees, select committees and standing committees areexpected to utilize the foregoing staff services to the extent the same areavailable in making all studies.
History: L. 1971, ch. 184, § 10; L. 1975, ch. 277, §1; July 1.