HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 26
(By Delegates Varner, Staton, Douglas and Pino)
[Introduced March 16, 2001; referred to the
Committee on Rules.]
Consolidating the graduate and undergraduate student internship
programs of the West Virginia Legislature.
Whereas, The Legislature desires to provide a special and
unique learning experience for selected graduate and undergraduate
students from West Virginia's public and private colleges and
universities so that students may learn about the legislative
branch of government through a concentrated and organized
work/study program encompassing regular sessions of the
Legislature; and
Whereas, The Legislature provides five separate programs for
said interns, four of which were created by resolution over prior
decades; and
Whereas, Many components of the programs have been combined
over the past several years for cost efficiency and ease of
orientation; and
Whereas, On June 13, 2000, the Committee on Government and Finance adopted a motion to combine the Frasure-Singleton, Judith
A. Herndon, Walter Rollins Scholars and Robert W. Burk, Jr. student
intern programs under one committee entitled the "Legislative
Intern Committee" pending a formal resolution to be offered during
the 2001 Regular Session of the Legislature; and
Whereas, It is the intent of the Legislature to bring under the
auspices of the Legislative Intern Committee the Legislative
Information Internship, heretofore provided by the Legislature
without formal resolution; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That approval is hereby expressed for the formal creation of
the Legislative Intern Committee to facilitate observation of and
participation in future regular sessions of the West Virginia
Legislature by selected graduate and undergraduate students
attending West Virginia's public and private universities and
colleges and participating in the Frasure-Singleton, Judith A.
Herndon, Walter Rollins Scholars, Robert W. Burk, Jr., and
Legislative Information Internship or any future graduate or
undergraduate program offered by the West Virginia Legislature;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate are authorized to appoint a select
committee of legislators and citizens to recommend program
guidelines and selection criteria for candidates uniquely qualified
to be interns of the programs under the Legislative Intern
Committee to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance for its
approval; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the legislative funds necessary for the
expense of the programs under the Legislative Intern Committee
shall be paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint
Committee on Government and Finance.
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