1999

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 99-007

BY SENATOR Lacy;

also REPRESENTATIVE Tool.

CONCERNING BUDGET REVIEW BY COMMITTEES OF REFERENCE.

Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-second General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives 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. OVERSIGHT 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 that are within the subject­matter jurisdiction of each committee, as provided in subsection (b) of this rule. To accomplish FACILITATE this review, the committees of reference of each house and the Capital Development Committee shall conduct SHORT hearings during the first two weeks of the legislative session. ANY SUCH HEARING MAY BE HELD JOINTLY BY HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES OF REFERENCE OR BY THE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND COMMITTEES OF REFERENCE. The deadline for completing the hearings is the fifteenth THIRTIETH legislative day. At such hearings, personnel of the executive departments shall provide to the appropriate committee that has subject matter jurisdiction a summary BRIEF, SUMMARIZED, OVERVIEW of the same materials and testimony previously provided to the Joint Budget Committee during the department's budget hearing. IN ADDITION TO SUCH HEARINGS, PRIOR TO THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATIVE DAY, the staff of the Joint Budget Committee MEMBERS shall ALSO be available to provide the respective committees with assistance and to explain any Joint Budget Committee responses or recommendations regarding the department=s hearing before the Joint Budget Committee. After completion of the hearings AND RECEIVING ANY ASSISTANCE AND EXPLANATION FROM THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS, 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.

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Ray Powers Russell George

PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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Patricia K. Dicks Judith M. Rodrigue

SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE

THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES