The Joint Rules Committee may participate in the work of the National Conference of State Legislatures. The following Members of the Legislature are authorized to act as members of the committee for the purpose of attending meetings of the conference: (1) the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and one Member of the Senate from each of the two major political parties, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and (2) the Speaker, Speaker pro Tempore, Majority Floor Leader, and Minority Floor Leader of the Assembly, and the chairperson of the Assembly Committee on Rules.

The committee may pay annually from the Operating Funds of the Assembly and Senate its proportionate share of the expenses of the National Conference of State Legislatures, in participation with other states, to the extent that funds are appropriated for that purpose.

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(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 77. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)