ALC - JBC Budget Hearings (Afternoon)

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Thank you Mr chairman and members of a couple things so I sent an email out to the Senate about a development that's going to have an impact on our operations the staff's passing out of proposed rule change that I'll be asking us to adopt and I'll explain why in just a moment. again speaking for the Senate side we've had one member of the the committee test positive for code and it's he he's approved the releasing his name which is Senator Terry rice he's feeling better but never the less I'd ask you to keep him in the house members that that are infected in your prayers as they recover from this obviously that causes a great deal of concern for us and our operations here and how we move forward with who need to be quarantine to needs to be tested and we're working through all those issues. so we're hopeful that it's limited in contain to the two house members in the one member that has tested positive but until we know that we're going to ask that meetings be suspended the rest of this week and that we adopt a rule change that would allow for mo participation of members because of it because they can't be here because of code either quarantine or isolation. job explaining this rule that you're seeing here in just a moment now let me to say the expectation is will be able to come back next week and and pick up our business perhaps with a slightly modified schedule and also allowing those that once we clearly identified everybody that needs to be isolated a quarantine if they want to participate the ability to participate and I and the Speaker and I both talked about this somewhere in agreement it is improper it is also important understand that this does not mean during the session or during future budget hearings if we have positive test we're gonna spending cancel operations we we have work to do and we will get it done we will have a session we will complete our budget hearings but will also try to do it in a safe of manor as possible and until we find out exactly the scope of of the these infection amongst our members we're gonna give ourselves a few days to do that so that's the purpose for the rule change in the and the suspension of the meeting so the rest of the week if you have more questions about the specifics in all allow the chairman to speak to the house side the members that are affected there again I've notified all members of the email of the members that have tested positive so that and so that they can begin to take the steps necessary to protect themselves and their families we are in contact with the health department we will be seeking their advice and counsel on who and how many test we do and who and how many of us need to be quarantined but in the meantime it is important that we have a rule in place that allows members to participate so our work can go on and that's the purpose of the rule that you see before you so I'm gonna make a motion that we adopt relate and hopefully I'll get a second will have Jill explained to us about how we would to have for remote participation members. Thank you senator Hendren and already have a second I was a senator and hit the subject matter very well and thank you for a explain that and there will be an email on the house side a similar to what went out on the Senate side. With that I'll take questions and looks like I have represented lunch calls into question. Just a quick housekeeping quickened questions this has a sunset to it I haven't had a chance to read it so I'm just trying to figure out if this fish for the next two weeks Sir what's the game plan on that if you will give us a second missed deals going to explain it and she may address that inner explanation perfect I think it's a good idea just wanna make sure we have a sunset thank you. So see no further questions will recognize missed you are if you would introduce the for committee thank you Mr chair Jill thank your bureau of legislative research. You all have in front of you a proposed amendment to the rules that you adopted last week this is a rule eight and it would allow for remote participation of members of this committee under for specific circumstances that are listed here and if the member is an individual who is considered high risk for severe illness due to code that nineteen he or she has a household member or individual for him he or she is a care taker who is at high risk if he or she has been directed by the department of health under gore go quarantine or acylation due to contact within an individual is tested positive for co the nineteen or he or she has tested positive for covered nineteen so those are the only for circumstances in which a member would be able to participate remotely. If one of these applies to you you would contact and if your house member represent Wardlaw if you are a Senate member Senator Bledsoe and let them know that you wish to do this it would need to be done by four o'clock the day before the meeting and what you would participate remotely. And then we will get it set up it's gonna be V. as in Sam I am a member participating remotely under these rules will be considered present for purposes of a quorum and that will not be eligible for per diem and mileage. And I will keep a record as part of the committee meeting of who participate remotely and it these would be part of the LC J. B. C. rules for these precession budget hearings only and they would not continue reference the next general simply. Thank you miss your is anyone having questions. Seeing none all those in favor of the rules say aye. All opposed. Eyes have it the rules been adopted and non I will tell you of members pay attention to your email we are amending the schedule going forward looks like we will put the remainder of this week on two of the week after the schedule is out now so that would be November seventeenth eighteenth and nineteenth of but pay attention to your email that schedule could be a floating schedule with that we stand adjourned.