House Business Committee

MANDATE OF THE COMMITTEE

(a) prepare and, if necessary, from time to time adjust the Assembly Calendar with the approval of the assembly;
(b) monitor and oversee the implementation of the Assembly Business and programmes;
(c) implement the Standing Orders respecting the scheduling or programming of the business of the Assembly and the functioning of the Committees of the Assembly;
(d) determine the order in which the reports of Committees shall be debated in the Assembly;
(e) take decisions and issue directives and guidelines to prioritize or postpone any business of the Assembly acting with the concurrence of the Leader of the Majority Party or the Leader of the Minority Party, as the case may be;
(f) nominate members to serve in Committees;
(g) consider, for approval by the Assembly, appointments under Articles 179(2) of the Constitution (Members of County Executive Committee) “, Sections 12 (3) (d) and 13 (1) of the County Government Act;
(h) Consider, for the approval of the Assembly, the removal from office of the Clerk and County Assembly Service Board Members appointed pursuant to Sections 12 (3) (d) and 13 (1) of the County Government Act, 2012;
(i) consider and report on all matters relating to these Standing Orders;
(j) may propose amendments to these Standing Orders and any such amendments shall upon approval by the Assembly, take effect at the time appointed by the Assembly;
(k) may propose rules for the orderly and effective conduct of committee business and any such rules, shall upon approval by the Assembly, continue in force until amended or repealed by the Assembly, and such rules shall be annexed to the Standing Orders and shall be binding upon Committees to the same extent as these Standing Orders,
(l) consider such matters as may from time to time arise in connection with the business of the Assembly and shall have and perform such powers and functions as are conferred on and ascribed to it by these Standing Orders or from time to time by the Assembly, and
(m) schedule the sittings of the Committee on General Oversight upon approval of a question.
(6) The Chairperson and at least one third of the other members of the House Business Committee shall form a quorum.
(7) If, for any reason, a member of the House Business Committee is unable to attend, the Leader in the Assembly of the party which nominated that Member may appoint in writing another Member in that Member’s place for the period for which the Member is unable to attend.

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