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REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA STATUTE 9 June 1993 No.I-179 Vilnius Part 3 Committees and Commissions of the Seimas Chapter

  1. Seimas Committees and the Procedure for the Establishment thereof Article
  2. Committees of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania shall be formed during the first session. At the beginning of each regular session, reports on the work of the committee shall be heard, and, as necessary, changes in the membership of the committee shall be made by adhering to the principle of proportional representation of parliamentary groups, or the committee shall be formed anew. Article
  3. Committees shall be made up of no less than 7 and no more than 17 members of the Seimas according to the proportional principle of representation: bigger parliamentary groups shall have the right to a proportionally greater number of seats in each committee. The exact number of members of each committee shall be determined by a decision of the Seimas. Seats in the committees shall be distributed among parliamentary groups during the Assembly of the Spokesmen. Parliamentary groups, taking into consideration the requests and competence of their members, shall recommend to the committees as many members as they are accorded seats as well as the same number of alternate committee members. Applications of parliamentary groups bearing the signatures of recommended Seimas members shall be submitted to the Seimas Chancellor. Each parliamentary group shall submit its candidates to the alternate members of the committees having registered them in numerical order. The members and alternate members of committees shall be approved by the Seimas by voting for the entire list of the members and alternate members of the committee. If the list is not approved, the entire procedure shall begin anew. The Speaker of the Seimas may not be a member or alternate member of any committee. Article
  4. When a member of a committee does not participate in a sitting of the committee, all of the said member's rights shall be given to the alternate member of the committee of the same parliamentary group who is the first in the list of deputies. Seimas members who are substituting for a member of their parliamentary group in a given committee may not serve as the chairperson or vice-chairperson of that committee while doing so. Article
  5. Committees shall elect their chairpersons and alternate chairpersons. Committee chairpersons and alternate chairpersons hall be approved by the Seimas. In the event that the Seimas does not approve the proposed candidate, the committee must select another candidate. Usually the committee chairperson and deputy chairperson are elected from the representatives of different parliamentary groups, and the general number of chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of the committees accorded to a parliamentary group are in proportion to the number of members of the parliamentary group. Members of the Seimas Board, members of the Seimas and the Government, and commission chairpersons and deputy chairpersons may not serve as a committee chairpersons or deputy chairpersons. When a committee is being reorganised, the chairperson and deputy chaiperson of the committee shall be reelected. A committee may reelect the chairperson or deputy chairperson at any other time by applying to the Seimas for approval of the new chairperson or deputy chairperson. In the event that the Seimas does not approve the new chairperson or deputy chairperson, the former chairperson shall remain, and the committee may only apply to the Seimas concerning the same issue during the next regular session. Article
  6. For the execution of their main duties, committees may form sub-committees from their members. Sub-committee must comprise at least 5 members. Sub- committee chairpersons shall be elected by the committee. The regulations of the sub-committees shall be approved by the committees. Article
  7. The following committees shall be appointed in the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania: Agriculture Budget and Finance Economics Environmental Protection National Security Municipal Government Health, Social Affairs and Labour Education, Science and Culture Foreign Affairs State and Law Human and Civil Rights and Nationality Affairs Chapter
  8. Seimas Committees and the Rights, Duties and Organisation thereof Article
  9. The direction of activities of committees of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, as well as the procedure for the organization and functions thereof and their rights and duties shall be established by this Statute and other laws of the Republic of Lithuania. Seimas committees shall be responsible and accountable to the Seimas. During the time established to discuss and present findings on matters given to them for consideration, committees must perform other tasks assigned by the Seimas. The activities of the committees shall be coordinated by the Chairperson and Chancellor of the Seimas in accordance with the session work programmes and committee work plans. Article
  10. The main powers of the committees with respect to issues within their jurisdiction are: 1) to debate bills, prepare conclusions, and consider issues referred to the committee; 2) on its own initiative or at the behest of the Seimas, to prepare drafts of the Laws of the Republic of Lithuania and of other legal acts, and to establish in due time the necessity of new laws or the amendments to laws in effect; 3) seeking to improve the laws, to prepare and consider issues related to state, economic, social and cultural matters, and to present proposals subject to debate in the Seimas; 4) to discuss the candidate for Prime Minister proposed by the President of the Republic; 5) to consider the programme presented by the new Government; 6) to discuss candidates for heads of state institutions which are appointed by the Seimas or for the appointment of which the approval of the Seimas is necessary, as well as to consider their dismissal from office; 7) to preliminarily discuss the chapters of the State draft budget of the Republic of Lithuania and accounts on budget performance; 8) to discuss proposals to establish or abolish ministries or other state institutions; 9) while performing parliamentary supervision, to hear information and reports furnished by ministries and other state institutions on the manner by which the laws are being implemented; 10) to consider proposals of individual persons and public organisations and, as necessary, to refer them alongside with recommendations to state institutions; 11) to prepare work plans of the committee coordinated with the session work programme; 12) to estimate the committee expenditures without exceeding the amount appropriated for the committee; 13) to take part in the inter-parliamentary relations of the Seimas. Article
  11. In discussing issues that are within their jurisdiction, the committees shall have equal rights and obligations, and shall be responsible for the timely discussion of certain laws, for the initiation of the preparation of these laws, and the commission of detailed conclusions relative to draft laws. Issues which are within the jurisdiction of several committees may be prepared and discussed by these committees jointly on their own initiative or at the behest of the Seimas or its Board. For this purpose they may hold joint committee sittings which shall be presided over by the chairpersons of these committees in succession. Committees shall have the right to submit proposals to the Seimas or its Board concerning the passing over of the issues under discussion to another committee for consideration. Committees shall have the right to present their comments on issues discussed by another committee, as well as to ask another committee to present its conclusions, which must be submitted within 15 days. Article
  12. Committees shall have the right to propose to the Seimas that draft laws of the Republic of Lithuania or other important State and public matters be presented to the public for discussion. Article
  13. Committees shall adopt decisions on issues under discussion, which shall be recommended to state institutions. Committees sending their recommendations and proposals must inform the Seimas Board and, as necessary, the Government thereof. Having received the recommendations and proposals from the Seimas committees, state institutions, with the exception of courts, must discuss said issues. Committees must be notified of the results of the discussion or the measures undertaken within 15 days or within another period fixed by committees. Article
  14. Committees shall, in accordance with their competence, have the right to control adherence of the laws of the Republic of Lithuania as well as the consideration of recommendations and proposals of the committees. Committees shall also have the right to hear out the heads or representatives of state institutions, with the exception of courts. On the invitation of the committee, these officers must attend the sitting of the committee and present explanations on matters under discussion. The officers must be notified of this at least two working days before the commencement of said hearing. In the event that a committee resolves that information of a Government member must be heard, it must address the Seimas Chairperson, who will notify the Prime Minister thereof. In this case, the Government member must attend the sitting of the committee. Article
  15. Pursuant to their competence, committees shall have the right to demand documents, written findings, reports, and other necessary material from state institutions and officers, with the exception of courts. Article
  16. Committees shall have the right to interpellate Government members in the Seimas, as well as heads of state institutions appointed by the Seimas, with the exception of the Constitutional and Supreme Court. Article
  17. Committees not exceeding the expenditure budget appropriated to it shall have the right to propose the conclusion of contracts with members of the staffs of committees as well as to invite experts. Committees may invite other Seimas members to sittings and may also seek assistance from the deputies of local government councils, representatives of ministries, and other state institutions and organisations, scientific institutions, specialists, scientists and other necessary individuals, having coordinated this with heads of these institutions. Article
  18. Committee members shall have the right of a decisive vote on all issues within the committee's jurisdiction. Committee members shall also have the right to propose issues for consideration, and to participate in the preparation and consideration thereof; to propose to invite necessary persons to committee sittings; to submit proposals concerning the inspection of state institutions and the hearing of their information. Committee members shall have the right to get acquainted with all documents and material belonging to the committee and, as necessary, to make use of them in their work. Article
  19. The chairperson of the committee shall: 1) convene sittings of the committee and see that necessary documents and other material be prepared for them; 2) assign, according to the approved work plans and decisions of the committee, tasks to the committee members, and provide them with material and documents relating to the activities of the committee; 3) for the execution of the work plan of the committee, organise members of the committee to work in preparatory commissions and work groups, and to discharge other assignments of the committee; 4) invite necessary persons to participate in the sittings of the committee; 5) preside over sittings of the committee; 6) sign the resolutions of the committee, the findings and minutes of the sittings, as well as the draft laws prepared by the committee which are submitted to the Seimas or the public for consideration, and shall visa adopted laws and other legal acts of the Seimas prepared by the committee; 7) represent the committee in its work with other state institutions and public organisations; 8) organise the implementation of the committee's resolutions; 9) regularly notify members of the committee of received law drafts, new assignments for the committee, the execution of the resolutions of the committee, consideration of their recommendations, and work in representing the committee. 10) notify the Commission on Ethics and Procedure of members who do not attend sittings of the committee and who are not fulfilling the assignments set forth in paragraph 2 of this Article; 11) coordinate the activities of the subcommittees of the committee. Article
  20. At the behest of the chairperson of the committee, a vice-chairperson shall discharge certain functions of the chairperson. The vice-chairperson shall fill in for the chairperson when the chairperson cannot discharge his or her functions because of temporary absence or illness. Chapter
  21. Seimas Committees. Trends of Activities Article
  22. The trends of activities of the Committee on Agriculture shall be: 1) to prepare draft laws and other legal acts regulating the activities of the agricultural and food industry and to present findings on drafts referred to the committee for preliminary or additional consideration; 2) to prepare and consider proposals relative to the formation of the agrarian policy, the determination of the trends of agricultural science and training, and the drawing up of legal acts necessary for that purpose; 3) to discuss and present findings relative to the drafts of laws and programmes presented by the Government, as well as chapters of the State draft budget pertaining to the agriculture and food industry, their material- technical supply, and the development of social basis in the countryside; 4) to carry out the examination of draft laws regulating the Lithuanian economy from the standpoint of the agrarian policy and to present recommendations and findings; 5) to carry out parliamentary control of agrarian institutions and the food industry; 6) to coordinate the work of interested state institutions and organisations in preparing draft laws regulating the activities of agricultural and food industry. Article
  23. The trends of activities of the Committee on Budget and Finance shall be: 1) to consider the draft budget of the Republic submitted by the Government to the Seimas for its approval and to present summarised findings of all the committees relative thereto; 2) to carry out general and continuous review of the budget performance; 3) together with other committees, to prepare findings relative to the State budget performance accounts; 4) to prepare drafts of laws and other legal acts relative to budget and finance; 5) to prepare and submit findings concerning the draft laws which have an effect on the State budget revenue and expenditure; and 6) to discuss and prepare findings as well as to present proposals concerning the draft laws on taxes and special funds, the review of the State budget performance, the financing procedure of institutions and organisations maintained from the budget, the norms of their expenditure, the norms of the formation of the local government budgets, the budget outlays for the implementation of various programmes, as well as for the financing of the Seimas and its staff; 7) to carry out parliamentary review of the utilisation of state property and the activities of the Bank of Lithuania, and to present proposals and recommendations relative thereto. Article
  24. The trends of activities of the Committee on Economics shall be: 1) to consider and submit findings related to draft laws of economic and social reform, other legal acts, and governmental programmes; 2) to prepare and consider proposals concerning the formation of a policy for the development of the Lithuanian economy and technical progress; 3) to prepare drafts of laws, other legal acts, and proposals concerning the planning of economic and social development; 4) to consider draft programs for anti-monopoly actions, improvement of the economic mechanism, and the development of foreign relations, and submit findings to the Seimas; and 5) to perform parliamentary review of administrative institutions of energy, communications and transportation; to submit proposals and recommendations concerning improvement of the activities of said institutions,; and to participate in the preparation of draft laws relative thereto. Article
  25. The trends of activities of the Committee on Environmental Protection shall be: 1) to prepare drafts of laws and other legal acts and submit proposals on issues concerning environmental protection, the utilization of resources, forestry, fisheries, and wildlife; 2) to coordinate the work of interested state institutions and other organizations in preparing draft laws on issues specified in paragraph 1 of this Article; 3) to consider, from an environmental protection standpoint, draft laws and other legal acts which are referred to the committee; 4) to prepare and consider proposals concerning the formation of an environmental protection policy in Lithuania; and 5) to carry out parliamentary control of the state institutions of environmental protection, and to present proposals and recommendations for the improvement of the activities of theses institutions and organisations which are related to environmental protection and the utilization of resources. Article
  26. The trends of activities of the Committee on National Security shall be: 1) to consider and prepare drafts of laws and other legal acts on issues of national defense, State security and internal affairs; 2) to coordinate the work of interested state institutions in preparing draft laws on issues specified in paragraph 1 of this Article; 3) to consider and present proposals concerning the formation of a national defense policy and the creation and improvement of appropriate structures; 4) to prepare proposals concerning the implementation of the reform of the system of internal affairs; 5) to carry out parliamentary control of the institutions of national defense, State security, and internal affairs, and to present proposals and recommendations concerning the improvement of their activities; and 6) to present proposals and recommendations concerning the development of branches of technical sports. Article
  27. The trends of activities of the Committee on Local Governments shall be: 1) to prepare and consider draft laws and other legal acts on issues concerning the organization of work of local governments, and to present findings thereon; 2) to prepare proposals concerning the administrative and territorial division of the Republic of Lithuania; 3) to present proposals concerning the dissolution of local government councils and the organisation of elections thereto; 4) together with other committees, to resolve issues of economic and organisational activities of local governments; and 5) to provide methodological assistance to local government councils. Article
  28. The trends of activities of the Committee on Health, Social Affairs and Labor shall be: 1) to prepare drafts of laws and other legal acts which regulate individual health protection, sanitary environmental condition, employment, labor relations, social assistance and provision of living space, and to present findings relative to these draft laws and other legal acts which are referred to the committee; 2) to coordinate the work of interested institutions and organizations in preparing draft laws on issues specified in paragraph 1 of this Article; 3) to consider and present proposals concerning the formation of the health protection policy; and 4) to control institutions of health care and social security, and to present proposals and recommendations for the improvement of the activities thereof.
  29. The trends of activities of the Committee on Education, Science and Culture shall be: 1) to prepare and consider drafts of laws, directives and other legislation which regulates education, science, culture and public information, and to present proposals relative thereto; 2) to consider and present findings on draft legislation related to education, science, culture and public information which are referred to the committee, as well as other projects, while keeping the compliance thereof with the state policy related to these issues in mind; 3) to prepare proposals and recommendations for the Government and local governments concerning education, science, culture and public information; and 4) to provide support to persons, organisations and institutions engaged in cultural activities. Article
  30. The trends of activities of the Committee on Foreign Affairs shall be: 1) to prepare conclusions concerning the ratification and denouncement of international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania as well as other issues of foreign policy which are considered in the Seimas; 2) to prepare and consider drafts of laws and other legislative acts related to foreign affairs, to consider them from the standpoint of the foreign policy of the Republic of Lithuania and international law, and to submit the conclusions thereon; 3) to analyze the basic principles of the policy, priorities, trends, and activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, as well as of state and public organizations which maintain relations with foreign countries, to submit proposals and recommendations, and to notify the Seimas thereof; 4) to consider and submit recommendations to state negotiation delegations, and to consider proposed candidates to said delegations; 5) to coordinate and discuss the activities of the delegations of the Seimas in international organizations and forums and the activities of inter-parliamentary relations groups, and to submit recommendations and proposals thereto; 6) to analyse and submit proposals relative to information and propaganda activities of mass media and other state organizations meant for foreign countries; 7) together with state and public organizations, to maintain and develop relations with Lithuanian emigrants and their organisations, as well as with the Lithuanians autochtons residing beyond the boundaries of the Republic of Lithuania; 8) together with other committees, to consider the regulation of migration problems and to submit proposals and conclusions thereon; 9) to consider and submit recommendations and proposals to the Government concerning the establishment of diplomatic relations of the Republic of Lithuania and the opening of Lithuanian embassies abroad; 10) on the proposal of other committees, to consider and submit recommendations to the Seimas Board concerning business trips to foreign countries of Seimas members, to consider the reports on such business trips, and to analyze and submit proposals and conclusions regarding the utilization of Seimas funds for business trips abroad; 11) to consider proposals and submit conclusions related to the appointment of diplomatic representatives in foreign states. Article
  31. The trends of the activities of the Committee on State and Law shall be: 1) to consider and make proposals concerning the formation of state legal policy; 2) to prepare and help carry out reform of the legal system; 3) to consider and present conclusions concerning project proposals for the supplementation and amendment of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania as well as drafts of laws which are under discussion and which are related to the Constitution; 4) to prepare proposals and drafts of laws which are related to issues concerning the realization of justice and the strengthening of legality and law and order; 5) to consider and present conclusions and suggestions concerning reforms of the system of state institutions; 6) to present legal conclusions concerning drafts of laws prepared by other committees and other legal acts; 7) to coordinate the preparation of draft laws which are related to the realization of justice and the strengthening of legality and law and order; 8) to consider candidacies to judges and chairpersons of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, and other courts which are appointed by the Seimas or whose nomination requires the approval of the Seimas, as well as issues concerning the dismissal of said judges; 9) to carry out parliamentary control of the activities of law enforcement institutions, with the exception of the courts, and to prepare conclusions and proposals related thereto; 10) to prepare and present conclusions and recommendations to the Seimas concerning the activities of the Ministry of Justice, General Office of the Prosecutor and other law enforcement bodies; 11) to prepare draft laws and suggestions concerning the improvement of the system of state control; and 12) to supervise, without interfering in operational activities, the work of the State Control Department. Article 60-
  32. The trends of activities of the Committee on Human and Citizens' Rights and Nationalities Affairs shall be: 1) to prepare and consider drafts of laws and other legal acts as well as proposals which are related to the guarantees of civil rights and the regulation of ethnic relations among the nationalities living in Lithuania; 2) to present recommendations and proposals to ministries, state institutions, other organizations, and Seimas committees on issues concerning the protection of civil rights and the improvement of ethnic relations; and 3) to supervise, without interfering in operation activities, the work of the Seimas ombudsmen, and to prepare conclusions and proposals which are related thereto. Chapter
  33. Seimas Committees. Procedure. Article
  34. The committees of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania shall work according to committee-approved plans which must be coordinated with the work program of the session of the Seimas. Responsible executers and the terms of implementation shall be indicated in these work plans. Committee work plans and the agenda of the sittings shall be publicly announced and distributed to the Chairperson of the Seimas, the Chancellor, and the subdivisions of the Seimas apparatus. Committees may confirm the rules of their procedure provided that they do not contradict this statute. Article
  35. Committee sittings shall be organized as necessary during sessions, but at least once a week and normally on Wednesdays. Committee sittings shall not be organized during sittings of the Seimas. Between ordinary sessions of the Seimas, there shall normally be one-month adjournments in the work of the committees, although committees may have sitting between sessions as necessary. Committee sittings shall be called on the initiative of the committee chairperson or of one third of the committee members, or upon the instruction of the Seimas or the Board. Committees may have closed sittings. Article
  36. Committee sittings shall be presided over by the chairperson of the committee or by a deputy chairperson upon the instruction of the chairperson. Prior to the Seimas's approval of a committee chairperson, sittings shall be presided over by the eldest member of the committee. In committee sittings, including closed sittings, members of the Seimas who are not members of the committee may participate with the right of deliberative vote. The participation of other persons in committee sittings shall be established by the respective committee. Article
  37. For the preparation of issues under consideration committees may, from their members, form preparatory work groups. Included in these work groups may be other Seimas members, representatives of state institutions and social organizations, experts and scholars, upon the consent thereof. Funds for the activities of such groups shall be allotted from an approved estimate of expenditure of the committee. If funds are not sufficient, the committee shall apply to the Seimas Board. Several committees may form joint preparatory work groups. Article
  38. Committee resolutions shall be deemed lawful when more than half of the committee members are present at the sitting. Committee resolutions shall be adopted by open, simple majority vote of the committee members participating in the sitting. If the committee minority, which consists of at least three Seimas members, expresses a separate opinion concerning an issue discussed by the committee, this opinion must be announced together with the decision of the committee. Decisions shall be adopted in joint sittings of several committees if each committee expresses their support for the decision. Article
  39. Committees shall make reports during sittings of the Seimas on issues which they prepared or which, upon being examined, were principle, and shall make supplemental reports on issues which were referred to them for preliminary or supplementary examination. For this purpose, committees shall appoint, from among their members, speakers or supplementary speakers. In cases of exception and if the Seimas does not object, the speaker does not have to be a member of the committee. Committee members shall participate in discussions on all other issues according to general procedure. Concerning issues which were jointly prepared and examined by several committees, committees may either make joint reports and joint supplementary reports or may present observations and proposals separately. Committee resolutions and conclusions shall be presented to the Seimas in writing. Chapter
  40. Seimas Commissions Article
  41. A standing permanently-functioning Commission on Ethics and Procedure shall be formed in the Seimas to which each parliamentary group shall recommend one representative. If a parliamentary group expresses disagreement with the proposed candidacy, another member of that parliamentary group shall be recommended. Upon rejecting two proposed candidacies of the same parliamentary group in such a manner, the third shall become a commission member without approval from the Seimas. Article 62-
  42. The trend of activities of the Commission on Ethics and Procedure shall be: 1) to prepare drafts of legal acts and proposals which are related to the activities and ethics of Seimas members; 2) in observance of ethic regulations, to help the Seimas, Seimas subdivisions, and Seimas members foster democracy; to coordinate various points of view and convictions; to strive for moral harmony; and to humanize relations between Seimas members; 3) to supervise the observance of the Statute of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and other legal acts which regulate the activities of Seimas members. Upon the proposal of the Chairperson of the Seimas, deputy chairpersons of the Seimas, chairpersons of committees or commissions, or other Seimas members, or on its own initiative, to examine violations of these legal acts or ethics, to consider conflicts which arise between Seimas members, and, if necessary, to present conclusions to the Seimas, the Seimas Chairperson, or the Seimas Board; 4) To examine and present conclusions concerning procedural disagreements upon the instruction of the Seimas, the Seimas Chairperson, or the Seimas Board; 5) from an ethical standpoint, to consider and present conclusions concerning proposed candidacies to posts which are appointed, elected, or approved by the Seimas; 6) to examine information presented by the Procurator General of the Republic of Lithuania concerning personal activities of Seimas members which contradict the laws of the Republic of Lithuania, and to present conclusions to the Seimas thereon; 7) to analyze the reasons for which Seimas members are not participating in sittings of the Seimas and their respective subdivisions and to provide information to the press concerning Seimas members who have missed sittings without just reason, who did not participate in voting which was announced beforehand, or who did not carry out instructions; and 8) to examine the letters and proposals of citizens, state institutions, and social organizations on issues concerning the activities of Seimas members. Article 62.-2 In the Seimas a standing administrative commission shall be formed dealing with working and living conditions of the Seimas members and other matters relative thereto. Administrative commission shall be formed according to the provisions set forth in Article 63 of this Statute. The Seimas Chancellor shall be on this commission and shall head it ex officio. Article 62.-3 The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, having acknowledged the necessity to do so, may form research, control, auditing, preparatory, editing, and other temporary commissions to investigate or prepare any given issue or to carry out other assignments of the Seimas. If a commission's authorization period is not clearly defined during the time of formation, the activities of the commission shall be discontinued by a resolution of the Seimas once the given tasks have been carried out. Inter-parliamentary relations groups and parliamentary delegations in international organizations and forums shall be formed in the same way as temporary commissions and shall have the same rights thereof. Article
  43. In forming a temporary commission, first the number of members of the commission shall be established. Thereafter, the norms for proportional representation of parliamentary groups shall be established, as well as the term for candidacy proposals of commissions members. If some parliamentary groups do not express a wish to participate in the work of the commission and the compiled list of committee members is not sufficient, committees may each orally propose one additional candidate during the sitting, and after them each Seimas member may do so until the number of candidates is sufficient. Each of the proposed candidates must give oral consent to participate in the work of the commission; if the candidate is not participating in the sitting, he or she must give written consent to participate in the work of the commission. The Seimas shall vote for the entire list of commission members formed in such a way. If the list is not approved, the procedure shall be repeated. When candidates are nominated to a commission during a Seimas sitting not according to the norms allocated to parliamentary group, those for whom at least two Seimas members express doubt shall be voted for individually. If the number of candidates nominated to a commission during a sitting is greater than the established number of commission members and all of the nominated candidates agree to work in the commission, there shall be an open-ballot vote with the list of candidates. In certain cases, the Seimas may establish another procedure for the formation of commissions, although commissions may never be formed by representatives of one parliamentary group or one region. Article
  44. If the term of office of a commission is more than a month, a commission chairperson and deputy chairperson shall be elected and approved according to the procedure established for the committees. The chairperson and deputy chairperson of a commission may not be members of the Seimas Board, members of the Government, or chairpersons or deputy chairpersons of any other commission or committee. This restriction is not applicable to inter-parliamentary relations groups or parliamentary delegations. As a rule, the Seimas shall commission the Board to approve the estimate of expenditure of a commission and to resolve other issues which are related to its activities. Article
  45. If the Seimas does not resolve otherwise, commissions, during their period of authorization, shall observe the rules of committee procedure. If the authorization period of a commission is longer than one month, it shall have all of the rights and duties of a committee, with the exception of the right to nominate candidates in elections of Seimas officials, to demand that they be cancelled, to present interpellations, and to express non-confidence in a given official. Ceslovas Jursenas Chairperson Seimas Republic of Lithuania

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