Arkansas House of Representatives
The House of Representatives from Arkansas ( Arkansas House of Representatives ) is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
The Houses of Parliament is composed of 100 members representing an electoral district in each case. Each of these units includes a fixed average rate of 26 734 inhabitants ( 2000). Deputies are elected for two -year terms. Furthermore, a limitation of terms to three terms (six years) was made by the 73rd addition to the constitution of Arkansas.
The conference hall of the House of Representatives is located together with the State Senate in Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock.
Structure of the chamber
The Speaker of the House is the Speaker of the House. He is elected every two years by the members of the Chamber. The Speaker is responsible for the flow of legislation and monitors the shutdowns in the various committees. As Speaker acts since January 2011, the Democrat Robert S. Moore.
Other important office holders are the Majority Leader ( Majority Leader ) and the leader of the opposition (minority leader), who are elected by the respective fractions. Majority Leader is Democrat Johnnie Roebuck, Minority leader of the Republican John Burris.
Committees
The chamber of parliament has ten standing committees:
- Education
- Judiciary
- Public Health, Welfare & Labor
- Public Transportation
- Revenue and Taxation
- Aging, Children & Youth
- Legislative & Military Affairs
- Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development
- City, County and Local Affairs
- Insurance and Commerce
- State Agencies and Governmental Affairs
Each deputy is active in two standing committees and each committee has 20 members. The chairmen and their alternates shall be selected by the Speaker of the respective committee registers. Furthermore, two selected committees act exclusively within the chamber. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Speaker. The committees are to the House Committee on Rules and the House Management Committee. The House Committee on Rules examines all planned processes that affect the agenda, the House and connection policies. Furthermore, it checks all the legal acts relating to liquor, cigarettes, tobacco, tobacco products, slot machines, vending machines, lobbying, moral code, betting and similar laws. The House Management Committee works directly with the speakers and monitors the activities of the deputies. For their obligations include the setting and monitoring of the chamber staff, the development of employment policies and procedures, and monitoring the system usage and maintenance.
The MPs are also active in five committees that work together with the Senate. These are: Joint Budget, Joint Retirement and Social Security Programs, Joint Energy, Joint Performance Review and the Joint Committee on Advanced, Communications and Information Technology. The members of the Joint Budget Committee shall be elected by peers from the respective electoral districts. The members of the other joint committees are appointed by the Speaker.