Section 29-1-19

Use of space in Capitol; control of space when Legislature convenes outside Capitol.

The House of Representatives shall have the use of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories and other usable space located on the second floor in the south wing of the Capitol. The Senate shall have the use of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories and other usable space located on the second floor in the north wing of the Capitol. All of said space shall be for the use of the Legislature, the committees, members, officers and employees thereof. The Clerk of the House shall have and exercise custody, control and care of the space herein designated for the use of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of the Senate shall have and exercise custody, control and care of the space herein designated for the use of the Senate.

In addition, the Secretary of the Senate shall have and exercise full custody, control and care of the Senate chamber and the rooms adjacent thereto on the south side thereof, and the Clerk of the House shall have and exercise full custody, control and care of the hall of the House of Representatives and the rooms adjacent thereto on the north side thereof, and rooms 213 and 214, and, while the Legislature is in session, room 216, in the Capitol building. The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House shall jointly have custody, control and care of all rooms on the third floor of the Capitol for the use of the Legislature.

In addition, whenever it is deemed necessary for the Legislature to convene at any place outside of the Capitol, the Clerk of the House shall have the use of and exercise full custody, control and care of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories and other usable space on the floor of the building in which the House of Representatives meets or occupies; and the Secretary of the Senate shall have the use of and exercise full custody, control and care of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories and other usable space on the floor of the building in which the Senate meets or occupies.

(Code 1907, §925; Code 1923, §1533; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 18, p. 9; Acts 1935, No. 261, p. 655; Code 1940, T. 32, §25; Acts 1947, No. 21, p. 7; Acts 1959, No. 541, p. 1317; Acts 1983, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 83-822, p. 38.)