Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
10-2-217. Compensation for members of interim committees and for performance of other interim duties.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
10-2-217. Compensation for members of interim committees and for performance of other interim duties.
(a)(1) Members or alternate members serving as members of the interim committees of the General Assembly as defined in subsection (b) of this section and members of the General Assembly who shall perform “other interim legislative duties as authorized by law” as defined in subsection (b) of this section shall be entitled to receive per diem and mileage reimbursement in the amount prescribed by the Legislative Council not to exceed the amount as prescribed by regulations of the Internal Revenue Service.
(2) However, members of the General Assembly shall not be entitled to per diem for attendance at regional or national meetings and seminars held outside the State of Arkansas, but in lieu thereof they shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual, reasonable, and necessary expenses for meals, lodging, transportation, and mileage, as authorized by law.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) “Interim committees of the General Assembly” means and includes:
(A) The Legislative Council, as established by § 10-3-301;
(B) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, as established by § 10-3-401;
(C) The respective interim committees of the General Assembly, established and authorized by § 10-3-203;
(D) The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities, as established by § 10-3-1101;
(E) The Joint Committee on Legislative Printing Requirements and Specifications, as established by § 10-3-602;
(F) The Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs, as established by § 10-3-701;
(G) The Joint Interim Committee on Energy, as established by § 10-3-820;
(H) The Joint Performance Review Committee, as established by § 10-3-901; and
(I) Any other i
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 10-2-217
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Issuing source page ↗
Authority boundary: historical statutory source snapshot not current law.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: arkansas_code:legal_authorities:10-2-217
Source file: gov.ar.code.title.10.odt
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: e82f943d7356646009ba866f6d11632c7c4b926000061518321b2266520bd34e
Source location: content.xml paragraph 606
Stored source content
10-2-217. Compensation for members of interim committees and for performance of other interim duties.
(a)(1) Members or alternate members serving as members of the interim committees of the General Assembly as defined in subsection (b) of this section and members of the General Assembly who shall perform “other interim legislative duties as authorized by law” as defined in subsection (b) of this section shall be entitled to receive per diem and mileage reimbursement in the amount prescribed by the Legislative Council not to exceed the amount as prescribed by regulations of the Internal Revenue Service.
(2) However, members of the General Assembly shall not be entitled to per diem for attendance at regional or national meetings and seminars held outside the State of Arkansas, but in lieu thereof they shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual, reasonable, and necessary expenses for meals, lodging, transportation, and mileage, as authorized by law.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) “Interim committees of the General Assembly” means and includes:
(A) The Legislative Council, as established by § 10-3-301;
(B) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, as established by § 10-3-401;
(C) The respective interim committees of the General Assembly, established and authorized by § 10-3-203;
(D) The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities, as established by § 10-3-1101;
(E) The Joint Committee on Legislative Printing Requirements and Specifications, as established by § 10-3-602;
(F) The Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs, as established by § 10-3-701;
(G) The Joint Interim Committee on Energy, as established by § 10-3-820;
(H) The Joint Performance Review Committee, as established by § 10-3-901; and
(I) Any other interim committee of the General Assembly created by law; and
(2) “Other interim legislative duties as authorized by law” includes:
(A) Service by members of the General Assembly in connection with the legislative program of Boys State and Girls State, as authorized by § 10-2-121;
(B) Attendance by members and members-elect of the General Assembly at the biennial Institute of Legislative Procedure held preceding the convening of each regular session of the General Assembly, as authorized by law; and
(C) The performance of other interim legislative duties which are not specifically enumerated in this section, but for which per diem and mileage reimbursement is authorized by law.
(c) It is the intent of this section to establish uniform per diem and mileage allowances for attendance by members of the General Assembly at meetings of interim committees of the General Assembly and for performing other interim legislative duties as members of the General Assembly where authorized by law.
(d) The allowances provided in this section shall be in lieu of per diem and mileage allowances which otherwise may have been established by laws enacted prior to February 26, 1985.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
10-3-1101. Creation — Members — Expenses.
(a) There is established a joint interim committee of the Senate and House of Representatives to be known as the “Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities”, to consist of fourteen (14) members of the General Assembly as follows:
(1) The Chair of the House Joint Budget Committee;
(2) Two (2) members of the House of Representatives selected in accordance with the Rules of the House of Representatives;
(3) The Chair of the House Management Committee and two (2) additional members of the House Management Committee to be designated by its chair;
(4) The Speaker of the House of Representatives or his or her designee;
(5) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
(6) The Chair of the Senate Joint Budget Committee;
(7) One (1) member of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and
(8) Four (4) members of the Senate to be appointed by the Chair of the Senate Efficiency Committee.
(b)(1) The members of the Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities shall receive per diem at the rate provided by law for attendance by members of the General Assembly at meetings of interim committees for each day in attending meetings of the Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities or performing other duties as authorized by the Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities.
(2) In addition thereto, the Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities shall receive mileage for travel from their homes to the State Capitol Building.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 10-3-1101
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 10-3-1101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
10-3-203. Interim committees established — Members — Jurisdiction.
There are established within the legislative department of government the following interim committees of the General Assembly as aids in the legislative process in this state:
(1) The Legislative Council, established pursuant to the provisions of § 10-3-301 et seq., shall consist of members of the General Assembly selected in the manner as is prescribed by law. The Legislative Council shall perform the functions and duties prescribed by law;
(2) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, established pursuant to § 10-3-401 et seq., shall consist of members of the General Assembly selected in the manner as is prescribed by law. The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall perform the functions and duties prescribed by law; and
(3)(A) The following ten (10) subject matter interim committees of the House of Representatives, each to consist of the members who compose the respective standing committees of the House having comparable subject matter jurisdiction, plus such other nonvoting members as may be selected pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representatives, who shall be entitled to per diem and mileage for attending meetings of the committees:
(i) House Committee on Education — matters pertaining to public kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and adult education, vocational education, vocational-technical schools, vocational rehabilitation, higher education, private educational institutions, similar legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Education;
(ii) House Committee on Judiciary — matters pertaining to state and local courts, court clerks and stenographers and other employees of the courts, civil and criminal procedures, probate matters, c
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 10-3-203
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 10-3-203. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
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 shall select sixteen (16) members in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Rules of the Senate;
(2) The House of Representatives shall select twenty (20) members in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Rules of the House of Representatives;
(3)(A) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the President Pro Tempore Designate, the immediate past President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker Designate of the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, the immediate past cochairs of the Legislative Council, the immediate past chair or cochairs of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, and the chair and vice chair or cochairs and co-vice chairs of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall be ex officio members of the Legislative Council and shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as other Legislative Council members.
(B)(i) If the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives is not a member of the House, the current Speaker of the House of Representatives may appoint a member of the House to serve in the stead of the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(ii) If the immediate past President Pro Tempore of the Senate is not a member of the Senate, the current President Pro Tempore of the Senate may appoint a member of the Senate to serve in the stead of the immediate past President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
(iii) If the immediate past House Cochair of the Legislative Council is not a member of the House, the Speaker of the House of Representati
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 10-3-301
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 10-3-301. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
10-3-401. Creation.
There is established a committee of the General Assembly to be known as the “Legislative Joint Auditing Committee”. It is the intention of the General Assembly that this shall be a joint interim committee of the General Assembly.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 10-3-401
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 10-3-401. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.