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House Resolution 90
By: Representatives Walker of the 141st, Westmoreland of the 104th, Ehrhart of the 36th, Smyre of the 136th and DeLoach of the 172nd



A RESOLUTION

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

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

SECTION 1.
The Rules of the House of Representatives are amended by striking the fourth paragraph of Rule 6 and inserting in its place the following:
"The chairman and vice chairman of the Committee on Appropriations shall be ex officio members of the Committee on Ways and Means, and the chairman and vice chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means shall be ex officio members of the Committee on Appropriations. The majority whip and the minority whip shall be ex officio members of the Committee on Ways and Means. Such ex officio members shall have a vote on such committees."

SECTION 2.
The Rules of the House of Representatives are amended by striking subsection (a) of Rule 29 and inserting in its place the following:
"(a) The Committee on Rules shall arrange and fix the calendar for each day´s business for the last 25 30 days of each regular session of the General Assembly held in an odd-numbered year and shall arrange and fix the calendar for each day´s business for the last 30 days of each regular session held in an even-numbered year. The rules calendar for each such day shall be set by the Committee on Rules on the legislative day prior to the legislative day on which the calendar shall be before the House. Copies of such calendar shall be printed and made available to the members of the House as quickly as is practicable following the setting of the calendar. Such calendar shall be a standing and continuing special order during such period. There shall be no debate on the adoption of the calendar of the Committee on Rules. The provisions of this rule concerning the time for setting of the calendar may be waived by majority vote of the members elected to the House; and in that event the Committee on Rules may meet at any time to set a rules calendar or supplemental rules calendar."


IN HOUSE
Read and Adopted
January 23, 2001



Robert E. Rivers, Jr.
Clerk