CHAPTER 2D
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

  2D.1  International relations advisory council.  Repealed by 2008 Acts, ch 1156, §  53, 58. 

  2D.2  International relations committee — protocol.
  1.  The international relations committee of the legislative council shall establish and utilize protocol for visitors to the capitol, who may include state, national, or international visitors. The protocol established shall include provisions relating to transportation of visitors to and from the capitol, the designation of an official point of entry and a receiving area for visitors, security provisions, official introduction of visitors to the general assembly while the general assembly is in session, the provision of gifts to visitors, and other provisions appropriate to the visitor’s position.
  2.  The international relations committee shall work with the executive branch protocol officer and with the legislative branch protocol officer in developing the protocol and in coordinating the visits of state, national, and international visitors to the capitol.
2000 Acts, ch 1102, §2

  2D.3  Legislative branch protocol officer.
  The legislative services agency shall employ a legislative branch protocol officer to coordinate activities related to state, national, and international visitors to the state capitol or with an interest in the general assembly, and related to travel of members of the general assembly abroad. The protocol officer shall work with the executive branch protocol officer to coordinate state, national, and international relations activities. The legislative branch protocol officer shall submit periodic reports to the international relations committee of the legislative council regarding the visits of state, national, and international visitors and regarding international activities.
2000 Acts, ch 1102, §3; 2000 Acts, ch 1232, §41; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §44, 49; 2008 Acts, ch 1156, §4, 58

  2D.4  Executive branch protocol officer.
  The lieutenant governor, or the lieutenant governor’s designee, shall be the executive branch protocol officer. The protocol officer shall work with the international relations committee of the legislative council and the legislative branch protocol officer in developing and implementing protocol for state, national, and international visitors to the state capitol and in improving coordination between the legislative and executive branches in international relations activities.
2000 Acts, ch 1102, §4; 2008 Acts, ch 1156, §5, 58