ar10(1)(1) A special committee may be created only as provided in this rule.

ar10(1m) (1m) A special committee may be created by the speaker by written order or may be created by resolution. Any such committee ceases to exist:

ar10(1m)(a) (a) When its final report has been made to the assembly;

ar10(1m)(b) (b) When the objective for which the committee was established has been accomplished; or

ar10(1m)(c) (c) When the termination date established by the action creating the committee arrives.

ar10(2) (2) The speaker may create a temporary special committee by written order.

ar10(3) (3) A special committee or temporary special committee may not be created by written order unless an additional legislative employee will not be hired to staff the special committee.

[(1m)(intro.) rn.am.; (1) cr. 1995 A.Res. 2]
[(1m)(a) to (c) rn. from (2) (a) to (c) 1995 A.Res. 2]
[(2) cr. 1995 A.Res. 2]
[(1m)(intro.) am.; (3) cr. 1995 A.Res. 31]
[(2) am. 1997 A.Res. 2]

ar11 Assembly Rule 11. Committee procedures. Insofar as applicable, the rules of the assembly apply to the procedures of standing committees and special committees.

ar11(1) (1) A majority of a committee constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.

ar11(2) (2) Committee chairpersons may appoint subcommittees to consider specified subjects and report to the parent committee. Committee chairpersons may appoint subcommittee chairpersons, who may be members of any political party.

ar11(3) (3) A committee shall meet upon the call of its chairperson within the times and places assigned by the speaker. If anticipated public attendance so warrants, arrangements may be made through the sergeant at arms to hold a committee meeting in quarters larger than the regularly assigned committee room.

ar11(4) (4) Except as provided in subs. (5) (a) and (12), all committee votes shall be taken in the presence of the committee. A member may not be recorded as voting unless the member is present at the committee session when the vote is taken. This subsection shall not apply to the committee on assembly organization when the committee is voting by ballot.

ar11(5)(a)(a) A vote shall be held open after the adjournment of the committee session to permit an absent member to vote until 5:00 p.m. on the day on which the committee session is adjourned or 30 minutes after the adjournment, whichever is earlier. The absent member shall cast his or her vote in the committee room where the meeting is held.

ar11(5)(b) (b) If an absent member makes a timely request, a committee report may indicate how the member would have voted had he or she been present.

ar11(6) (6) Members of a committee shall vote in the order in which named to the committee.

ar11(7) (7) In the temporary absence of the chairperson and the vice chairperson, committee members succeed to the chair in the order in which named to the committee.

ar11(8) (8) Before a proposal is reported to the assembly, a committee may reconsider any action taken on the proposal.

ar11(9) (9) The chairperson shall determine when proposals or other business are scheduled for public hearing or, subject to rule 17d, executive action, and, subject to rule 17m, when committee actions are reported to the assembly.

ar11(10) (10) The chairperson shall notify committee members of all committee meetings. If an unintroduced proposal will be considered at the meeting, the chairperson shall provide a copy of the unintroduced proposal with the notice.

ar11(11)(a)(a) A committee may not meet outside the city of Madison without prior authorization under section 13.123 (3) (a) of the statutes.

ar11(11)(b) (b) Beginning on July 1 of each even-numbered year and ending on the date of the general election of that year, a committee may not meet in this state outside the city of Madison without the prior joint authorization by the speaker and the minority leader.

ar11(11)(c) (c) Beginning on the day on which a special election to the legislature is called, and ending on the day on which the special election is held, a committee may not meet within the legislative district in which the special election is called, except in the city of Madison, without the prior joint authorization by the speaker and the minority leader.

ar11(12) (12) During a biennial session, the chairperson of a standing committee shall allow a member of the committee to participate in a committee meeting by telephone or by other means of telecommunication or electronic communication, and be considered present for all purposes, including voting, if all of the following have occurred:

ar11(12)(a) (a) The member has contacted the legislature's human resources office in that biennial session and presented to the office written documentation that the member has a permanent disability and is unable to attend committee meetings on a regular basis.

ar11(12)(b) (b) The human resources office certifies in writing that the member has a permanent disability and is unable to attend committee meetings on a regular basis and provides a copy of the certification to the speaker and minority leader.