1 SB50
2 209092-1
3 By Senator Chambliss
4 RFD: Governmental Affairs
5 First Read: 02-FEB-21
6 PFD: 01/15/2021
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8 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the President Pro
9 Tempore of the Senate is an ex officio member of
10 the Sunset Committee.
11 This bill would authorize the President Pro
12 Tempore of the Senate to appoint a designee to
13 serve on the committee in his or her place.
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15 A BILL
16 TO BE ENTITLED
17 AN ACT
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19 Relating to the Sunset Committee; to amend Section
20 41-20-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the President Pro
21 Tempore of the Senate to appoint a designee to serve on the
22 committee in his or her place.
23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
24 Section 1. Section 41-20-4 of the Code of Alabama
25 1975, is amended to read as follows:
26 "41-20-4.
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1 "(a) A select joint committee, known as the Sunset
2 Committee, shall be constituted as follows:
3 "(b) Three members of the House and three members of
4 the Senate shall be elected in the same manner as the elected
5 members of the Legislative Council by the respective houses:
6 two from the Alabama Senate and two from the Alabama House of
7 Representatives shall be appointed by the presiding officer of
8 said the elected bodies; and the President Pro Tempore of the
9 Senate, or his or her designee, and the Speaker Pro Tem of the
10 House of Representatives. The chairman chair shall be elected
11 from among the members of the committee, alternating annually
12 between a House member and a Senate member. Any vacancy in the
13 Sunset Committee shall be filled through appointment by the
14 presiding officer of the elected body having the vacancy.
15 "(c) Said The select joint committee shall be
16 charged with the duty of assisting in the implementation of
17 the procedures of this chapter and shall be charged with the
18 duty of establishing administrative procedures which shall
19 facilitate the review and the evaluation procedure as provided
20 for in this chapter.
21 "(d) The committee shall submit its report and any
22 accompanying legislation to the offices of the speaker and the
23 president for distribution to legislators and the Governor on
24 or before the first legislative day of the ensuing regular
25 legislative session.
26 "(e) The committee members shall be entitled to
27 their usual legislative per diem and expenses for attending
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1 meetings of the committee, which shall be paid from funds
2 appropriated for the payment of the expenses of the
3 Legislature. There shall be no limitation upon the number of
4 days the committee or any subcommittee thereof shall meet;
5 provided, however, the members shall be entitled to payment
6 only for the days they are actually engaged in committee
7 business."
8 Section 2. This act shall become effective
9 immediately following its passage and approval by the
10 Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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