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1994 SESSION

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SR 3 Amending the Rules of the Senate.

Introduced by: Stanley C. Walker | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Amending the Rules of the Senate. Proposes a number of rule changes for the 1994 Session. The first change amends rules 3 and 5 to allow two members of the Senate to convene a reconvened special session and waive the reading of the journal when there is no business before the Senate. The second change increases the number of pages from 10 to 11 so that a page may be elected from each of the 11 congressional districts. The third change addresses the proper referral of special fund or nonreverting bills and bills stamped "Organization." Under the new rules, bills establishing a special or nonreverting fund will be referred to the standing committee which has jurisdiction of the subject matter and then rereferred to the Senate Finance Committee. Bills stamped "Organization" will be referred to the Committee on General Laws and then rereferred to the standing committee which has jurisdiction of the subject matter. The fourth change clarifies that the determination of the minority viewpoint for selecting conferees shall be based upon the vote on final passage by the Senate. The fifth change clarifies how a special morning session is convened and how the session is adjourned. The proposed rule states that the presiding officer or the President pro tempore, or a designee, will preside over the special morning session and that the special morning session is adjourned upon the convening of the daily session. The sixth change consolidates information from rules 10 and 19 (e) pertaining to the postage privilege of members during sessions. The final change allows the Rules Committee to report a resolution without a recorded vote if that resolution does not have a specific vote requirement in the Senate Rules.


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