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Rep. Kelly’s 2012 Legislative Committee Appointments include:

Budget Committee
Interim Committee on Budget Transparency
Chair – House Appropriations Committee for Public Safety and Corrections
Judiciary Committee
Agri-Business Committee
Special Standing Committee on Election Contests
Joint Committee on Legislative Research
Joint Committee on Capital Improvements and Leases Oversight
Interim Committee on Criminal Justice
Special Standing Committee on Government Oversight and Accountability

Committee Duties

Budget.

(a) The Committee on Budget shall have the responsibility of filing all appropriation bills, assigning of those bills to the appropriate appropriations committees and shall report upon all bills recommended to it by the respective appropriation committee and any other bills, measures, or questions referred to it pertaining to the appropriation and disbursement of public money.

(b) Other duties. The Committee may consider and report upon any bill or resolution referred to it, which in the opinion of the Speaker, merits special consideration. The Committee may also consider and report upon bills and matters referred to it relating to the reorganization, consolidation and abolition of boards, bureaus, commissions and other offices and buildings of the state, including the Division Facilities Management, Design and Constructin, the Capitol grounds and the state and legislative library. The Committee is empowered to study and investigate the efficiency and economy of all branches of Government including the possible existence of fraud, misfeasance, malfeasance, collusion, mismanagement, incompetence, corruption, waste, conflicts of interests and the improper expenditure of Government funds in transactions, contracts and activities of Government or Government officials and employees. The Committee is authorized to hold hearings, sit and act at any time or place within the State of Missouri during the recess and adjournment periods of the House, administer oaths, and take testimony, either orally or by swearn written statement. If the Committee, after hearing, and upon findings incorporated in a report, deems that a particular activity, bureau, agency, committee, commission, department or any other entity of state government should be discontinued, it shall report such findings to the House for further action by the House. The Committee shall also consider and report upon bills and matters referred to it relating to the efficiency of government in the state.

Appropriations – Public Safety and Corrections

The Committee on Appropriations – Public Safety and Corrections shall report to the Budget Committee upon all bills, measures, and questions referred to it by the Budget Committee pertaining to the appropriations and disbursements of public money for the funding of the Departments of Public Safety and Corrections.

Agri-Business

The Committee on Agri-Business may consider and report upon bills and matters referred to it relating to the protection, promotion and encouragement of agri-business in the state.

Judiciary

The Committee on Judiciary may consider and report upon bills and matters referred to it relating to the judicial branch of the State and the practices and procedures of the courts of this State, and on matters pertaining to civil and administrative laws and procedures, and on matters relating to the ethics of public officials.

Joint Committee on Capital Improvements and Leasing Oversight

The Committee operates under the authority granted it by Chapter 21, Sections 530 through 537, Revised Statutes of Missouri.

Election Contests

The Special Standing Committee on Election Contests may consider and report on all notices of election contests referred to it by the Speaker of the House.