§ 42. Oversight and management functions

(a) The Joint Legislative Management Committee shall:

(1) prepare a proposed budget for the Legislative Branch that includes a budget for each legislative office;

(2) approve requests for new, permanent positions in staff offices as appropriate, for inclusion in the proposed Legislative Branch budget;

(3) approve the reallocation of existing positions among staff offices, as appropriate;

(4) approve and adopt policies that apply across the Legislative Branch, including compensation and benefits plans, personnel policies, and policies relating to information technology; and

(5) attend to other relevant management and oversight matters.

(b) The Joint Legislative Management Committee shall have access to legal, financial, administrative, information technology, and other services from legislative offices as needed to serve the needs of the Legislative Branch. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)