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Second Regular Session

Sixty-first General Assembly

LLS NO. R98-0903.01 CWP

STATE OF COLORADO




BY REPRESENTATIVE Anderson;

also SENATOR Wells.

ENGROSSED

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 98-1025


Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty­first General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:

That Joint Rule No. 25 (d) of the Joint Rules of the Senate and the House of Representatives is amended to read:

25. DEADLINE RESPONSIBILITIES OF

COMMITTEES OF REFERENCE

AND STATUTORY COMMITTEES

(d) Committees of reference and the Capital Development Committee shall also review, each year, the budget of all the departments of the executive department of state government or the portions thereof for any divisions, sections, offices, agencies, or operations and programs which THAT are within the subject­matter jurisdiction of each committee, as provided in subsection (b) of this rule. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS REVIEW, THE COMMITTEES OF REFERENCE OF EACH HOUSE AND THE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SHALL CONDUCT HEARINGS DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE DEADLINE FOR COMPLETING THE HEARINGS IS THE FIFTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY. AT SUCH HEARINGS, PERSONNEL OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS SHALL PROVIDE TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE THAT HAS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION A SUMMARY OF THE SAME MATERIALS AND TESTIMONY PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE DURING THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET HEARING. THE STAFF OF THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES WITH ASSISTANCE AND TO EXPLAIN ANY JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE DEPARTMENT'S HEARING BEFORE THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE HEARINGS, THE CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEES SHALL COMMUNICATE ANY CONCERNS OR COMMENTS REGARDING PREPARATION OF THE LONG APPROPRIATION BILL TO THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THAT HOUSE.