Arkansas Code Title 10, Chapter 3, Subchapter 3 - Legislative Council

• § 10-3-301 - Creation -- Members.
  (a) An ad interim committee of the General Assembly is hereby established as the "Legislative Council" to consist of the following: (1) The Senate...
• § 10-3-302 - Officers -- Quorum.
  (a) (1) (A) The House of Representatives members of the Legislative Council shall select one (1) of their number as Legislative Council cochair and...
• § 10-3-303 - Bureau of Legislative Research.
  (a) There is established under the direction and control of the Legislative Council a Bureau of Legislative Research which shall consist of a director...
• § 10-3-304 - Sessions -- Studies -- Cooperation of State Agencies.
  (a) (1) The Legislative Council shall convene at any time during the interim between regular sessions, fiscal sessions, or special sessions of the General...
• § 10-3-305 - Hearings -- Records -- Rules.
  (a) Hearings before the Legislative Council shall be public, and all sessions of the Legislative Council shall be open to the public, except in...
• § 10-3-306 - Investigations -- Witnesses -- Recommendations.
  (a) The Legislative Council shall have authority to conduct investigations pertaining to the operation of any state agency, institution, department, or office.(b) After its...
• § 10-3-307 - Submission of Itemized Budgets to Legislative Council.
  All state agencies, departments, institutions, and offices shall submit to the Legislative Council a budget for their operation in the manner and at the...
• § 10-3-308 - Presession Budget Briefings -- Compensation.
  (a) (1) The Legislative Council is authorized to conduct or cause to be conducted budget briefings for members and members-elect of the General Assembly...
• § 10-3-309 - Review and Approval of State Agency Rules.
  (a) (1) (A) In the passage of this section, the General Assembly is aware of the significant number of laws which have been enacted...
• § 10-3-310 - Compensation of Executive Secretary and Employees -- Cooperation With Council of State Governments -- Reimbursement.
  (a) (1) The Executive Secretary to the Legislative Council shall be entitled to such salary as may be authorized by appropriation of the General...
• § 10-3-311 - Gifts and Donations.
  The Legislative Council is authorized to accept gifts, grants, contributions, and donations from the federal government or from private persons, associations, or corporations for...
• § 10-3-312 - Notification of Lawsuits Affecting State.
  (a) In order that the General Assembly may take whatever steps it deems necessary concerning lawsuits which may affect the State of Arkansas, its...
• § 10-3-313 - Meetings -- Agenda -- Procedures and Practices.
  (a) (1) The Review Subcommittee of the Legislative Council, the Administrative Rules and Regulations Subcommittee of the Legislative Council, and the Performance Evaluation and...
• § 10-3-314 - [Repealed.]
• § 10-3-315 - Information and Records.
  (a) For purposes of this section, "state agency" means every department, division, office, board, commission, and institution of this state, including state-supported institutions of...
• § 10-3-316 - Charitable, Penal and Correctional Institutions Subcommittee.
  The cochairs of the Legislative Council shall appoint a member of the Senate Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs and a member of...
• § 10-3-317 - Disclosure of School District Information and Records -- Access to Electronic Databases of the Department of Education.
  (a) (1) The Department of Education shall provide the Bureau of Legislative Research with direct read-and-report-only access to the department's data warehouse concerning school...

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