Opinion No. 73-181 (1973) Ag

LEGISLATURE — INTERIM COMMITTEES

The Legislature or either house thereof acting independently does not have authority to create committees to sit during the interim, between legislative sessions, by resolution or other measures not having the force and effect of the law. Therefore it is not necessary to reach the question of reimbursement for travel expenses of committee members. Committees which are to function during the interim session, must be created with the force and effect of law. This opinion should not be construed as affecting legislative resolutions not having the force of law…