Legislative Council approves interim study topics, study policies and 5% cut to national dues invoices

The Legislative Council voted unanimously Thursday to adopt three resolutions that assign interim study topics to legislative committees, set the rules and budgets for summer study committees, and authorize paying national legislative organizations 95% of this year’s invoices amid fiscal concerns.

The council’s action approved Resolution 25-01, which assigns study topics to interim committees; Resolution 25-02, which sets policies and budget allocations for those committees; and Resolution 25-03, which directs payment of national organizational dues at 95% of invoiced amounts pending possible future adjustment. All three measures passed by voice roll call, 16-0.

George, Legislative Services Agency staff, told the council that leaders began with about 100 proposals and some 300 agency-report review items and, through a bipartisan leaders’ process, narrowed that list to 22 topics that appear in Resolution 25-01. He said the process required approval by at least three of the four leaders for a topic to appear on the resolution. "They began with, 100, proposals for, study committees' topics this summer plus, 300,…