SENATE RESOLUTION

                                                    1994-8706

 

 

By Senators Gaspard and Sellar

 

            WHEREAS,  The 1994 Special Session of the Fifty-third Legislature is drawing to a close; and

            WHEREAS, It is necessary to provide for the completion of the work of the Senate after its adjournment and during the interim period between the close of the 1994 Special Session of the Fifty-third Legislature and the convening of the next regular session;

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Senate Facilities and Operations Committee shall have full authority and direction over the authorization and execution of any personal services contracts or subcontracts that necessitate the expenditure of Senate appropriations; and

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate Facilities and Operations Committee may, as they deem appropriate, authorize out-of-state travel for which members and staff may receive therefor their actual necessary expenses, and such per diem as may be authorized by law, to be paid upon receipt of their vouchers out of funds appropriated for legislative expenses; and

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Senate Facilities and Operations Committee be, and they hereby are, authorized to retain such employees as they may deem necessary and that said employees be allowed such rate of pay therefor as the Secretary of the Senate and the Senate Facilities and Operations Committee shall deem proper; and

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to make out and execute the necessary vouchers upon which warrants for legislative expenses and expenditures shall be drawn from funds provided therefor; and

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Facilities and Operations Committee be, and they hereby are, authorized to approve written requests by standing committees to meet during the interim period; and

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to have printed a copy of the Senate Journals of the 1994 Regular and Special Session of the Fifty-third Legislature; and

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Vice-President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Senate Majority and Minority Leadership, are each authorized to attend the annual meetings of the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Council of State Governments, and to receive therefor their actual necessary expenses, and such per diem as may be authorized by law, to be paid upon receipt of their vouchers out of funds appropriated for legislative expenses; and

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Rules Committee is authorized to assign subject matters to standing committees for study during the interims, and the Majority Leader is authorized to create special committees as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Senate in an orderly manner and appoint members thereto with the approval of the Facilities and Operations Committee; and


            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to express the sympathy of the Senate by sending flowers in the event of a bereavement in a Senator's family; and

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That such use of the Senate facilities is permitted upon such terms as the Secretary of the Senate shall deem proper.

 

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate,

do hereby certify that this is a true and

correct copy of Senate Resolution 1996-8706,

adopted by the Senate March 14, 1994.

 

 

 

MARTY BROWN

Secretary of the Senate