4-3-5501 - Establishment Membership Appointment Compensation.

4-3-5501. Establishment Membership Appointment Compensation.

(a)  There is hereby created an information systems council, to be composed of the commissioner of finance and administration, the commissioner of general services, the comptroller of the treasury, three (3) members of the senate and three (3) members of the house of representatives, the director of management information systems appointed pursuant to § 3-16-102, and two (2) private citizens who have demonstrated expertise and experience in managing large and diverse information management systems. The two (2) private citizen members of the council shall be appointed by the governor for three-year terms. The members from the senate shall be appointed by the speaker of the senate; the members from the house shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. In addition, one (1) director of the Tennessee regulatory authority, to be appointed by the chair of the authority, shall be a member whenever the council shall consider statewide telecommunications issues or other matters relating directly to areas over which the authority has responsibility.

(b)  There shall also be two (2) nonvoting members of the council; one (1) nonvoting member shall be a state employee selected by the Tennessee State Employees Association who has experience in the field of information systems; the other non voting member shall be the chair of the state employee-run information systems management group.

(c)  Legislative members of the council shall be appointed for two-year terms and shall serve only so long as they remain members of the general assembly. Any legislative vacancy on the council shall be filled by appointment by the appropriate speaker; this appointment shall be for the purpose of serving out the remainder of the unexpired term. Vacancies among the private citizen members of the council shall be filled by the governor to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. Members shall be eligible for reappointment.

(d)  The commissioner of finance and administration shall be the chair of the information systems council.

(e)  Legislative members of the information systems council shall be reimbursed as members of the general assembly are paid for attending legislative meetings as provided in § 3-1-106.

(f)  Non-legislative members of the information systems council shall receive no compensation for their work with the council but may be reimbursed for expenses 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.

(g)  The chief justice of the supreme court of Tennessee or the chief justice's designee shall also be included as a full voting member of the information systems council.

[Acts 1994, ch. 992, § 2; 1995, ch. 305, § 66; 2004, ch. 897, § 1.]