Connecticut General Statutes 2-71f – Employment of staffs to assist legislative leaders
The Joint Committee on Legislative Management shall employ staffs to assist the speaker of the House of Representatives, the president pro tempore and the majority and minority leaders of the House and Senate. Such staffs shall serve such leaders during the periods when the General Assembly is not in session as well as during any session. The speaker of the House of Representatives and the majority leader of the House shall be entitled to appoint five persons as staff to assist them. The president pro tempore and the majority leader of the Senate shall be entitled to appoint five persons as staff to assist them. The minority leaders of the House and Senate shall be entitled to appoint two persons, each, as staff to assist them. In addition to such staff, the clerk and assistant clerk of the Senate and the clerk and assistant clerk of the House shall assist the Joint Committee on Legislative Management and such leaders when the General Assembly is not in session. Salary schedules for such staff, such clerks and assistant clerks when there is no regular or special session of the General Assembly, shall be set by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management upon recommendation of such leaders.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 2-71f
- 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.
- Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
- President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.