Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HR 36 - Rules of House; amend 58

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1. Ladd  59th             2. Crews  78th


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              1/9/95   Read 1st Time                                                                
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HR 36                                             LC 18 6429






                             A RESOLUTION

  1- 1  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives; and for
  1- 2  other purposes.

  1- 3  BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the
  1- 4  rules of the House of Representatives are amended by
  1- 5  striking Rule 58, relating to the motion to instruct a
  1- 6  committee to report a bill or resolution back to the House,
  1- 7  and inserting in its place a new Rule 58 to read as follows:

  1- 8    "Rule 58.  Whenever any bill or resolution has been
  1- 9    referred to a committee and the committee has held the
  1-10    bill or resolution in its custody or control for ten
  1-11    legislative days without reporting on it, any member of
  1-12    the House shall have the right, immediately after the
  1-13    confirmation of the journal, to serve notice that at the
  1-14    next regular meeting day of the House he or she will
  1-15    submit a motion instructing such committee to report such
  1-16    bill or resolution back to the House.  On the next regular
  1-17    meeting day of the House after such notice has been given,
  1-18    any member of the House, immediately after the
  1-19    confirmation of the journal, may move to instruct such
  1-20    committee to report such bill or resolution back to the
  1-21    House.  If the motion is passed by two-thirds of those
  1-22    voting, if those voting constitute a quorum, it shall be
  1-23    the duty of such committee to report such bill or
  1-24    resolution accordingly, with or without recommendation, at
  1-25    the next regular meeting day.

  1-26    In addition, it shall be the duty of such committee to
  1-27    report such bill or resolution accordingly, with or
  1-28    without recommendation, at the next regular meeting day of
  1-29    the House following the submission to the Speaker of the
  1-30    House of a written petition signed by not less than 91
  1-31    members of the House requesting the reporting of such bill
  1-32    or resolution by such committee.

  1-33    Upon failure of the committee to report such bill or
  1-34    resolution accordingly, it shall automatically be returned
  1-35    to the House for consideration.  Debate on such motion to
  1-36    instruct the committee to report a bill or resolution back
  1-37    to the House shall be limited to 20 minutes unless



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  2- 1    otherwise ordered by the House.  When such bill or
  2- 2    resolution is so reported or returned to the House, it may
  2- 3    be referred or committed as other bills or resolutions.

  2- 4    Any motion or resolution to set a special order or to
  2- 5    change the order of business for any particular day which
  2- 6    has been referred to the Committee on Rules may be held in
  2- 7    the custody and control of such committee for only three
  2- 8    days."








































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