§ 503 - Functions
§ 503. Functions
(a) The joint fiscal committee shall direct, supervise and coordinate the work of its staff and secretaries.
(b) The joint fiscal committee shall:
(1) Furnish research services and secretarial services of a fiscal nature to the committees on appropriations, the senate committee on finance, the house committee on ways and means, the committees on transportation and the joint fiscal committee;
(2) Carry on a continuing review of the fiscal operations of the state, including but not limited to revenues, budgeting and expenditures;
(3) Accept grants, gifts, loans, or any other thing of value, approved by the governor, under the provisions of 32 V.S.A. § 5, when the general assembly is not in session.
(4) Keep minutes of its meetings and maintain a file thereof. (Added 1973, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 24, 1974; amended 1977, No. 247 (Adj. Sess.), § 187, eff. April 17, 1978; 1997, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 17.)