(a) The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall furnish to each joint committee for which staff assistance is not provided in the act creating the joint committee, the staff assistance reasonably necessary to enable the committee to perform its assigned function.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 29-4-40

  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
(b) Staff furnished pursuant to this section shall be compensated as other legislative staff at rates approved by the Legislative Council .
(c) For purposes of this section, staff assistance includes, but is not limited to, secretaries, consultants, and technical or professional persons.
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