Statute 46-912: Joint committee on special claims against the state; membership;
appointment; chairperson; meetings; quorum.
There is hereby established the joint committee on special claims against
the state which shall have 13 members consisting of
five members
of the senate and eight members of the house of representatives. The
representative members shall be appointed by the speaker, and the senator
members shall be appointed by the senate committee on organization, calendar
and rules. Not less than two representative members
and two senator
members shall be attorneys licensed to
practice law in the state of Kansas.
Not less than one representative member shall be a member of the house committee
on appropriations and not less than one senator
member shall be a member
of the senate committee on ways and means. In the biennium commencing with the
convening of the regular session of the legislature in 1979, and in the
biennium commencing with the convening of the regular session of the legislature
each four years thereafter, the chairperson of the joint committee shall
be a representative member designated by the speaker of the house of representatives.
In the biennium commencing with the convening of the regular session of
the legislature in 1981, and in the biennium commencing with the regular
session of the legislature each four years thereafter, the senate committee
on organization, calendar and rules shall designate a senator member to
be the chairperson of the joint committee. If a chairperson shall die, resign
or otherwise be incapable of serving as chairperson for the full two-year
period, a successor shall be designated to fill the unexpired portion of
such period in the same manner as the original chairperson was selected.
The members appointed from each house shall include minority party representation
thereon. The joint committee shall meet in the interim between legislative
sessions on the call of the chairperson as authorized by the legislative
coordinating council. Any seven members of the joint committee shall
constitute a quorum. Any action of such joint committee
may be taken by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members present,
if a quorum is present.
The provisions of article 12 of chapter 46 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated,
and amendments thereto, applicable to special committees shall apply to
the joint committee on special claims against the state to the extent the
same do not conflict with the specific provisions of this act applicable
to such committee.
History: L. 1978, ch. 203, § 1;
L. 1985, ch. 178, § 1;
L. 1987, ch. 196, § 3; Feb. 19.