Section 10-2-123 - Institute of Legislative Procedure(a) The General Assembly hereby determines that the conducting of an Institute of Legislative Procedure prior to the convening of regular sessions of the General Assembly on rules and legislative procedure and current fiscal conditions and other problems in state government is essential to the proper functioning of each regular session of the General Assembly.(b) The Senate, the House of Representatives, the Legislative Council, and the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall cooperate in jointly sponsoring a biennial Institute of Legislative Procedure to carry out the aforementioned purposes.(c)(1) Members of the preceding General Assembly and the newly elected members of the House and Senate shall be eligible to attend the biennial Institute of Legislative Procedure and shall be entitled upon filing claim therefor to per diem in the amount fixed by law for members of the General Assembly to receive for attendance at legislative sessions, for each day in attending the biennial Institute of Legislative Procedure plus mileage for traveling from their place of residence to the biennial Institute of Legislative Procedure and return.(2) Per diem and mileage for members of the General Assembly and newly elected members of the General Assembly for attending the biennial Institute of Legislative Procedure shall be paid by the respective houses from the moneys appropriated therefor.Acts 1991, No. 30, § 6; 1991, No. 134, § 7; 1991, No. 969, §§ 2, 7, 8; 1991, No. 1240, §§ 2, 7, 8; 1995, No. 3, § 8; 1997, No. 3, § 8.