Revenue Standing Committees--Structures and Size

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Table 5-7: Revenue Standing Committees--Structures and Size

State or Other Jurisdiction	Revenue Cmmittees				Joint Revenue Committees
	Assembly or House		Senate		Assembly or House		Senate
	No. of Members	% of Total	No. of Members	% of Total	No. of Members	% of Total	No. of Members	% of Total
Alabama	15-C	14%	18-C*	51%	--	--	--	--
Alaska	11-C	28	7-C	35	--	--	--	--
Arizona	11	18	9	30	7	12%	9	30%
Arkansas	20	20	8	23	--	--	--	--
California	--	--	9	23	--	--	--	--
Colorado	13	20	7	20	--	--	--	--
Connecticut	--	--	--	--	37	25	8	22
Delaware	9	22	4	19	--	--	--	--
Florida	13	11	39-C	98	--	--	--	--
Georgia	22	12	11	20	--	--	--	--
Hawaii	17-C	33	11-C	44	--	--	--	--
Idaho	18	26	9	26	10-C	14	10-C	29
Illinois	11	9	10	17	--	--	--	--
Indiana	25-C	25	15-C	30	--	--	--	--
Iowa	25	25	15	30	--	--	--	--
Kansas	21	17	10	25	--	--	--	--
Kentucky	29-C	29	13-C	34	--	--	--	--
Louisiana	19	18	10	26	--	--	--	--
Maine	--	--	--	--	10-C* 10*	7 7	3-C* 3*	9 9
Maryland	23	16	13-C	28	--	--	--	--
Massachusetts	31-C	19	17-C	43	11	7	6	15
Michigan	17	16	5	13	--	--	--	--
Minnesota	24	18	23-C	34	--	--	--	--
Mississippi	33	27	26	50	--	--	--	--
Missouri	23	14	11	32	--	--	--	--
Montana	20	20	9	18	--	--	--	--
Nebraska	--	--	8	16	--	--	--	--
Nevada	11	26	7	33	--	--	--	--
New Hampshire	24-C	6	7	29	--	--	--	--
New Jersey	13-C	16	7-C	18	--	--	--	--
New Mexico	13	19	9	21	--	--	--	--
New York	34-C	23	27-C	44	--	--	--	--
North Carolina	47*	39	28*	56	--	--	--	--
North Dakota	14	14	7	14	--	--	--	--
Ohio	19	19	9	27	--	--	--	--
Oklahoma	10	10	13	27	--	--	--	--
Oregon	9	15	5	17	--	--	--	--
Pennsylvania	24	12	10	20	--	--	--	--
Rhode Island	17-C	17	16-C	32	--	--	--	--
South Carolina	24-C	19	18-C	39	--	--	--	--
South Dakota	13	19%	9	26%	--	--	--	--
Tennessee	30-C	30	9-C	27	--	--	--	--
Texas	11*	7	14-C*	45	--	--	--	--
Utah	9	12	15	52	--	--	--	--
Vermont	11	7	7	23	--	--	--	--
Virginia	22*	22	17-C*	43	--	--	--	--
Washington	15	15	21-C	43	--	--	--	--
West Virginia	25-C	25	17-C	50	--	--	--	--
Wisconsin	16	16	--	--	8-C	8%	8-C	24%
Wyoming	9	15	5	17	*	--	*	--
American Samoa	9	43	4	27	--	--	--	--
District of Columbia	--	--	4-C	50	--	--	--	--
Guam	--	--	12-C	57	--	--	--	--
Northern Mariana Islands	11-C	61	7-C	39	--	--	--	--
Puerto Rico	15-C	38	14-C	88	--	--	--	--
U.S. Virgin Islands	--	--	7-C	47	--	--	--	--

Source: National Conference of State Legislatures, December 1997; and Congressional Quarterly State Staff Directory, 1997.

Key:
C = Combined appropriations and revenue jurisdiction
-- = Not applicable
N/R = No response

*Notes:

Alabama--In the Senate, there are four money committees: the Senate Finance and Taxation/ Education Committee (14 members), the Senate Finance and Taxation/ General Government Committee (13 members), the Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability Committee (nine members), and the Economic Expansion and Trade Committee (four members). At present, Finance and Taxation/ Education is responsible for education appropriations and the Economic Expansion and Trade Committee for general government appropriations. The other two committees handle other miscellaneous financial matters. Revenue bills may be referred to any of these.

Maine--The Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs reviews the entire budget, including all revenue proposals. The Joint Standing Committee on Taxation reviews and establishes tax policy.

Nebraska--Unicameral Legislature.

North Carolina--The House and Senate Finance committees function as the appropriations committees.

Texas--In 1997, during the regular session, a special committee was appointed in each house to consider legislation covering the tax system and public school finance.

Virginia--Committees meet jointly for hearings only.

Wyoming--Revenue committees meet jointly during the interim.

District of Columbia--Unicameral legislature.

Guam--Unicameral Legislature.

U.S. Virgin Islands--Unicameral Legislature.

Published March 1998; posted January 2004.
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