Local Legislators' Toolkit - The Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng ...

D. ORGANIZING THE COMMITTEESTo get work done in an efficient and timely manner, the sanggunian must organize itself intowork groups or committees.Legislative Committee• is a group tasked by the body or assembly to consider, or investigate, or take actionin regard to, certain matters or subjects of public interest.Standing or Permanent Committees• are “tasked or assigned a continuing function and usually remain ‘standing’ orexisting co-terminus with the life of the body that created them” 11• are created for the purpose of:- ordinance or resolution sponsorship- undertaking public hearings on proposed measures in aid oflegislation- legislative review and referrals.Special or Ad-hoc Committees• are created to perform an ad-hoc or specific task that does not fall within thejurisdiction of a standing committee• cease to exist upon completion of its assigned task.<strong>The</strong> following tools can be used to guide the sanggunian in organizing its committees:Tool 1 -Tool 2 -Tool 3 -Functions, Structure and Composition of CommitteesGuide Questions for Organizing Sanggunian CommitteesBasic Standing Committees and <strong>The</strong>ir Functions11 Dihan, ibid.63