12-3-1101 - Created Composition Members Compensation Terms. - Tennessee Statutes

12-3-1101. Created Composition Members Compensation Terms.

There is created a state and local government advisory committee to monitor all initiatives related to the use of the Internet for purchasing by state agencies and local governments and to advise the general assembly of any needed changes in law. The committee shall consist of seven (7) members, as follows: the commissioner of general services or the commissioner's designee; the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller of the treasury's designee; one (1) person having technical knowledge of information services and the Internet, to be appointed by the information systems council; one (1) person to be appointed by the Tennessee City Manager's Association; two (2) persons appointed by the Tennessee Association of Public Purchasing, one (1) to be a municipal purchasing officer, and one (1) to be a county purchasing officer; and one (1) person from the private sector to be appointed by the governor. The members of this committee shall serve without additional compensation, except that any member of the board who is not a state or local government employee shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred as a result of that member's duties with the board in accordance with the provisions of the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter. The commissioner of general services shall convene the first meeting of the committee. At its first meeting, the committee shall elect a chair, a vice chair and such other officers as the board may find necessary and appropriate. Members shall serve two-year terms and may be re-appointed.

[Acts 1999, ch. 382, § 5.]