Tennessee § 4-3-5501 - Establishment — Membership — Appointment — Compensation.

§ 4-3-5501. Establishment — Membership — Appointment — Compensation.

The entire membership of the information systems council as comprised on June 30, 2015, shall be vacated on July 1, 2015, and new members shall be appointed in accordance with subsection (b). There is hereby created an information systems council, to be composed of the following members: The commissioner of finance and administration; The commissioner of general services; The comptroller of the treasury; The speaker of the senate, or the speaker's designee; The speaker of the house of representatives, or the speaker's designee; Two (2) members of the senate, to be appointed by the speaker of the senate; Two (2) members of the house of representatives, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; The director of legislative information systems, appointed pursuant to § 3-16-102; Two (2) private citizens who have demonstrated expertise and experience in managing large and diverse information management systems, both of whom shall be appointed by the governor. The private citizen members shall each serve three-year terms; One (1) commissioner of the Tennessee public utility commission or designee, to be appointed by the chair of the commission, who shall be a member whenever the council considers statewide telecommunications issues or other matters relating directly to areas over which the commission has responsibility; The chief justice of the supreme court of Tennessee, or the chief justice's designee; One (1) state employee who has experience in the field of information systems, to be appointed by the governor; and The chair of the state employee-run information systems management group. The persons appointed pursuant to subdivisions (b)(1)(A)-(K) shall be voting members of the council. The persons appointed pursuant to subdivisions (b)(1)(L) and (M) shall be nonvoting members of the council. 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, for the purpose of serving out the remainder of the unexpired term. Any vacancy among the private citizen members of the council shall be filled by the governor to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. Members appointed pursuant to subdivisions (b)(1)(F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (L), and (M) shall be eligible for reappointment to the council. The commissioner of finance and administration shall serve as the chair of the information systems council. The director of legislative information systems shall serve as vice chair of the council. The council shall meet quarterly at a time established by the chair of the council. Special meetings of the council for the transaction of business may be called by the chair by giving written notice to all members. Eight (8) voting members of the council shall constitute a quorum, and all official action of the council shall require a quorum. Members shall attend at least fifty percent (50%) of the required quarterly meetings. If any council member fails to attend meetings as required by subdivision (e)(3)(A), the chair of the information systems council shall report that member's name and attendance record to the member's appointing authority and the appointing authority shall remove the member from the council. 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. Nonlegislative 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 comprehensive travel regulations, as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter. Acts 1994, ch. 992, § 2; 1995, ch. 305, § 66; 2004, ch. 897, § 1; 2010, ch. 1077, § 3; 2015, ch. 385, § 3; 2017, ch. 94, §§ 5, 77. Compiler's Notes. The information systems council, created by this section, terminates June 30, 2025. See §§ 4-29-112 , 4-29-246 . Amendments. The 2015 amendment rewrote the section, which read: “(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 legislative 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 of representatives 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.” The 2017 amendment, in (b)(1)(J), substituted “One (1) commissioner of the Tennessee public utility commission or designee” for “One (1) director of the Tennessee regulatory authority” at the beginning, and substituted “the commission” for “the authority” in two places. Effective Dates. Acts 2015, ch. 385, § 4. July 1, 2015. Acts 2017, ch. 94, § 83. April 4, 2017.