* § 83-m. Legislative task force on demographic research and\nreapportionment. 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a)\nthere is a need for intensive and thorough legislative study, research\nand inquiry into the techniques and methodology to be used by the bureau\nof the census of the United States commerce department in carrying out\nthe decennial federal census; (b) a technical plan will be needed to\nmeet the requirements of a legislative timetable for a reapportionment\nof the senate and assembly districts and the congressional districts of\nthe state based on such census; and (c) the task force herein continued\nis necessary to assist the legislature in the performance of its\nresponsibilities and in the conduct of legislative research projects\nrelating thereto.\n 2. The legislative task force on demographic research and\nreapportionment is hereby continued, consisting of six members of whom\ntwo shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate, two by\nthe speaker of the assembly and one each by the minority leader of the\nsenate and the minority leader of the assembly. The appointments shall\nbe of members of the respective houses of the legislature, except that\none member appointed by the temporary president of the senate and one\nmember appointed by the speaker of the assembly shall not be members of\nthe legislature. A member of the senate appointed to the task force by\nthe temporary president of the senate and a member of the assembly\nappointed to the task force by the speaker of the assembly shall be\ndesignated by each to serve as the co-chairmen of the task force. Each\nmember of the task force who is not a member of the legislature shall be\nentitled to receive actual and necessary expenses incurred in the\ndischarge of his duties and shall be entitled to compensation as\ndetermined by the co-chairmen within the appropriations available\ntherefor, except that such member, who is serving in such capacity in a\ntransient, occasional and incidental manner, shall not be entitled to\nreceive more than the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the\ndischarge of his duties.\n 3. The task force shall engage in such research studies and other\nactivities as its co-chairmen may deem necessary or appropriate in the\npreparation and formulation of a reapportionment plan for the next\nensuing reapportionment of senate and assembly districts and\ncongressional districts of the state and in the utilization of census\nand other demographic and statistical data for policy analysis, program\ndevelopment and program evaluation purposes for the legislature.\n 4. The co-chairmen of the task force may employ such personnel,\nexperts and consultants as may be necessary for the performance of its\nwork and shall fix their compensation within the amounts appropriated\ntherefor.\n 5. The primary function of the task force shall be to compile and\nanalyze data, conduct research for and make reports and recommendations\nto the legislature, legislative commissions and other legislative task\nforces.\n 6. The task force, with the approval of its co-chairmen and subject to\nguidelines submitted by the co-chairmen and approved by the temporary\npresident of the senate and speaker of the assembly, may sell surveys,\ndata, copies of tabulations and other special statistical compilations\nand materials to departments, agencies and other entities of federal,\nstate or local government, of foreign countries, and to public benefit\ncorporations, or other public, not-for-profit and private persons and\nagencies, upon payment of fees at least sufficient to pay the actual or\nestimated cost of such projects. In furtherance of such sale, the task\nforce, with the approval of its co-chairmen, may execute contracts for\nsuch purpose. Any contract executed heretofore by the task force or the\nadvisory task force on reapportionment, without express statutory\nauthorization, of a nature similar in import as the contrac
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