3-15-202 - Subcommittees Meetings Staff.
3-15-202. Subcommittees Meetings Staff.
The select committee on children and youth is authorized to:
(1) Create subcommittees related to its purposes;
(2) Request standing committees of the general assembly, the fiscal review committee, and any agencies or entities of state government to study and report on designated policy matters relating to children and youth;
(3) Conduct such meetings and public hearings in Nashville and across the state as shall be necessary;
(4) Employ committee staff, subject to the availability of funding for such purpose;
(5) Enter into contracts for technical or professional services, subject to the availability of funding for such purpose, the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives to jointly:
(A) Determine the qualifications and task or job descriptions of any consultant or other person contracted for services; and
(B) Select any such consultant or other person on behalf of the committee;
(6) Promote interagency cooperation and policy continuity with respect to state initiatives to benefit children and youth;
(7) Provide, on behalf of the general assembly, planning and programmatic assistance to the southern legislators' conference on children and youth;
(8) Undertake appropriate actions to inform state and local officials, and the public at large, of innovative and effective model programs for children, youth, and their families; and
(9) Perform other duties as requested by joint resolution of the general assembly.
[Acts 1987, ch. 348, § 3; 1993, ch. 216, § 3.]