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10-3-1704. Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology — Members — Duties.

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10-3-1704. Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology — Members — Duties.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 10-3-1704

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10-3-1704. Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology — Members — Duties. (a) The members of the House of Representatives and the Senate appointed at each regular session of the General Assembly to the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall constitute a joint committee of the General Assembly to function during and in the interim between the sine die adjournment or extended recess of the regular session or fiscal session of each General Assembly, until the convening of the next regular session or fiscal session of the General Assembly or reconvening of the current General Assembly, or during an extended recess. (b)(1)(A) The Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall make continuing studies concerning the development of access to a statewide public telecommunications network for distance learning, telemedicine, universal access for governmental entities, and other issues concerning advanced communications and information technology, either initiated by the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology or referred to it by either house of the General Assembly for study, in the interim between sessions of the General Assembly. (B)(i) Interim study proposals and resolutions filed with the Legislative Council under the provisions of § 10-3-214 for review and referral to the appropriate germane interim committee of the General Assembly, relating to advanced communications and information technology, shall be referred to the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology. (ii) The Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall undertake each study referred to it by members of the General Assembly or by the Legislative Council and shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations in regard to each study request to the General Assembly prior to the convening of the next session of the General Assembly. (iii) The Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall review any plan developed or updated by a public instrumentality. (2) In addition, the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall exercise leadership in the interim between legislative sessions and shall attempt to coordinate for the various committees of the General Assembly the various activities, studies, and planning activities of the General Assembly which relate to the development of access to a statewide public telecommunications information infrastructure. (3) The Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall have the power and authority, upon approval of a majority of the members of the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology, to subpoena persons, documents, and records. However, no action of the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology regarding the exercise of the subpoena power shall be taken except upon notice of at least one (1) week to all members of the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology or upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership of the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology. (4) The Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall cooperate with the Governor, with public secondary and postsecondary institutions of education, with the appropriate administrative agencies of this state, with legislative and administrative agencies and institutions of other states, and with the federal government and others in the planning and development of access to a statewide public telecommunications infrastructure linking institutions, businesses, government agencies, schools, hospitals, libraries, communities, and other public and private entities to the national information infrastructure. (c) The Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall exercise appropriate legislative oversight of the operations of the Division of Information Systems.

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10-3-214. Committee studies — Duties of Legislative Council — Reports and findings.

10-3-214. Committee studies — Duties of Legislative Council — Reports and findings. (a) In addition to the functions and duties of the Legislative Council which are prescribed by law, it shall be the responsibility of the Legislative Council, in order to coordinate the efforts of the interim committees and to avoid duplication of effort by the committees, to review and screen all study resolutions referred by the General Assembly and all study proposals sponsored by members of the General Assembly during the interim and approved by the Legislative Council. It shall either refer the study resolutions or study proposals to the appropriate interim committee for study or in unusual cases retain the study proposal or resolution and conduct the study. Nothing in §§ 10-3-201—10-3-208, 10-3-212—10-3-214, and 10-3-216, however, shall be construed to alter or diminish the exclusive interim and presession budget jurisdiction and authority of the Legislative Council as now prescribed by law. (b) The respective interim committees may initiate and conduct studies by motion or resolution adopted by a majority of the membership of the committee, but when an interim committee initiates a study on its own motion, it shall advise the Legislative Council of the study to be made in order that the Legislative Council may suggest ways to eliminate duplication of effort among the interim committees. (c) Each of the interim committees shall periodically report to the Legislative Council regarding studies referred to or undertaken by the committee and shall advise the Legislative Council of the status of each study pending before it. (d) Each committee shall file a copy of its minutes, final reports, and recommendations on each study with the Legislative Council. Findings and recommendat

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 10-3-214

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 10-3-214. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.