Legislative Budgetary Control Council
The Legislative Budgetary Control Council establishes rules to govern
the administration and expenditure of all legislative branch funds.
The council reviews budgetary requests for the two houses and all
legislative agencies and must approve them before they are
included in the legislative appropriation bill. It sets requirements for
financial statements and accounting systems and for deposits and
transfers of funds. Legislative facilities management is another
council responsibility. The council is composed of the Senate
President and President Pro Tempore; the House Speaker and
Speaker Pro Tempore; the chairmen of the Senate Finance
Committee, House Appropriations Committee, Senate and
Governmental Affairs Committee, and House and Governmental
Affairs Committee; one member of the House and Governmental
Affairs Committee and one member of the Senate and
Governmental Affairs Committee appointed by the respective
chairman; and, ex officio but nonvoting, the House Clerk and Senate
Secretary.