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Standing Rules of the Assembly 9
(d) The chairperson of the Committee on Rules shall appoint a Chief
Administrative Officer of the Assembly, subject to the ratification of the
Committee on Rules, who has duties relating to the administrative,
fiscal, and business affairs of the Assembly that the committee shall
prescribe. The Chairperson of the Committee on Rules or a majority of
the membership of the Committee on Rules may terminate the services
of the Chief Administrative Officer at any time. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Speaker may appoint a temporary chief administrative
officer for up to 90 days following the beginning of the session.
(e) The committee on Rules shall provide for the publication of a
compilation of the photographs of accredited press representatives.
(f) The Committee on Rules may delegate powers to the Speaker by
a majority vote of the membership of the committee.
Subcommittee on Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response
14.5. (a) The Subcommittee on Sexual Harassment Prevention
and Response is created as a subcommittee of the Committee on Rules.
The subcommittee is composed of a total of six members, with the
following four members appointed by the Chairperson of the
Committee on Rules: two members of the Committee on Rules from the
political party having the greatest number of Members in the Assembly
and two members of the Committee on Rules from the political party
having the second greatest number of Members. The two members from
the political party having the second greatest number of Members shall
be appointed from a list of nominees that the vice chairperson of the
committee provides to the chairperson. The co-chairs of the Assembly
Legislative Ethics Committee also shall be members of the
subcommittee. The Chairperson of the Committee on Rules shall
designate one of the members of the subcommittee to serve as chair of
the subcommittee.
(b) The subcommittee shall formulate and recommend to the
Committee on Rules procedures for the handling of any complaint of
sexual harassment lodged against a Member of the Assembly or an
Assembly employee. Those recommendations shall be submitted to the
Committee on Rules no later than 30 days following the adoption of
this rule.
(c) Following the submission of the recommendations pursuant to
subdivision (b), the chair of the subcommittee may cause the
subcommittee to convene to review and recommend further changes in
procedures as subsequent events may require.
Committee on Rules
15. The Committee on Rules shall continue in existence during
any recess of the Legislature and after final adjournment and until the
convening of the next regular session, and shall have the same powers
and duties as while the Assembly is in session. In dealing with any
matter within its jurisdiction, the committee and its members have and
may exercise all of the rights, duties, and powers conferred upon
investigating committees and their members by the Joint Rules of the
Senate and Assembly as they are adopted and amended from time to
time, which rules are incorporated herein and made applicable to the
Committee on Rules and its members.