3-15-1001 - Creation Composition Duties.

3-15-1001. Creation Composition Duties.

(a)  There is created a select oversight committee of the general assembly to be known as the charitable gaming oversight committee.

(b)  The oversight committee shall be composed of six (6) members. Three (3) senators, one (1) from each grand division, shall be appointed by the speaker of the senate. Three (3) representatives, one (1) from each grand division, shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. During the organizational session of each general assembly, the respective speakers shall appoint, or reappoint, members to serve on the oversight committee. The committee shall elect from its membership a chair, a vice chair and such other officers as it considers necessary. Any vacancies occurring on the oversight committee, between organizational sessions, shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments by the respective speakers.

(c)  The oversight committee, at the call of the chair, shall periodically review and evaluate the operation of the Tennessee Charitable Gaming Implementation Law.

[Acts 2004, ch. 476, § 10.]