Biennial Reports Of The Kansas Joint Committee On Legislative Services And Facilities And Its Successor Kansas Legislative Administrative Services Extracted From The Kansas Biennial Reports Covering Agencies Of The Government Of Kansas 1970 1980

In 1966 the Legislature, recognizing a need for improvement in its services and physical facilities, directed the legislative council to conduct a study and report recommendations for legislative improvements to the 1967 session. Among the subsequent recommendations was a proposal that a special joint committee be created to study and make recommendations on improvements concerning legislative facilities, both short- and long-range. The Joint Committee on Legislative Services and Facilities was created by statute in 1971 as an adjunct of the Legislative Coordinating Council. It was a successor agency to the Joint Committee on Legislative Services and Facilities created in 1969 to provide services and facilities to the Legislature. A primary function of the Joint Committee was to make studies and provide reports with recommendations to the Legislature concerning facilities and services, and the organization and operation of the Legislature. The Joint Committee reported to and conducted its work subject to the direction and supervision of the Council. The Division of Legislative Administrative Services was created in 1975 as a successor agency to the Joint Committee on Legislative Services and Facilities. The major function of the Division is to provide services and facilities to the legislature and to provide a central contact point for the public. The Division mails notices of interim legislative committee meetings, as well as standing committee agenda during the session and has minutes of all legislative committee meetings on file. During legislative sessions the Division mails a copy of every bill, resolution, calendar and journal, printed by order of either house, at fees established by the Council, to anyone requesting such service.