Bill Text: WV SR6 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Creating Select Committee on Children and Poverty
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-13 - Completed legislative action [SR6 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2013-SR6-Introduced.html
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 6
(By Senators Unger, Kessler (Mr. President), Jenkins, Laird, Edgell, Stollings, Kirkendoll, Miller, McCabe and Beach)
Creating a Select Committee on Children and Poverty for the eighty-first Legislature.
Resolved by the Senate:
That for a period of time not to exceed the term of the eighty-first Legislature there is hereby created a Senate Select Committee on Children and Poverty. This committee shall consist of the following eleven members: the Chairman of the Committee on Finance; Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary; Chairman of the Committee on Health and Human Resources; Chairman of the Committee on Education; and seven members to be appointed by the President; and, be it
Further Resolved, That, notwithstanding the provisions of any Senate rule to the contrary, this committee shall have jurisdiction of legislative proposals regarding children and poverty and related issues as the President may deem appropriate: Provided, That reference of a bill to the Select Committee on Children and Poverty does not preclude a standing committee of the Senate from consideration of legislation addressing the same subject within its jurisdiction. The rules of the Senate governing standing committees shall govern the actions and proceedings of this committee insofar as applicable; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Senate hereby authorizes the Select Committee on Children and Poverty to meet and be paid during the interim meetings scheduled for the eighty-first Legislature; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Select Committee on Children and Poverty meet at other times and locations to be determined by the chairman, subject to the approval of the President of the Senate; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the members and staff of the Select Committee on Children and Poverty are hereby authorized to receive payment of travel expenses.