S 285 Session 109 (1991-1992)
S 0285 Resolution, By D.L. Hinds
A Senate Resolution to amend Rule 19, Rules of the Senate, relating to
membership on standing committees, so as to clarify the committee selection
procedure, to delete obsolete provisions, and to make various grammatical
changes.
11/05/90 Senate Prefiled
11/05/90 Senate Referred to Committee on Rules
01/08/91 Senate Introduced SJ-100
01/08/91 Senate Referred to Committee on Rules SJ-100
A SENATE
RESOLUTION
TO AMEND RULE 19, RULES OF THE SENATE, RELATING TO
MEMBERSHIP ON STANDING COMMITTEES, SO AS TO
CLARIFY THE COMMITTEE SELECTION PROCEDURE, TO
DELETE OBSOLETE PROVISIONS, AND TO MAKE VARIOUS
GRAMMATICAL CHANGES.
Be it resolved by the Senate:
That Rule 19 of the Rules of the Senate is amended to read:
"RULE 19.
Standing Committees and How Formed
(1) The standing committees
of the Senate shall be as follows are:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Banking and Insurance
Corrections and Penology
Education
Ethics
Finance
Fish, Game and Forestry
General Committee (General Committee will encompass most of
the relatively inactive committees, namely, Atomic and Nuclear Energy,
Federal Relations, Enrolled Acts, Legislative Library, Military, Veterans
Affairs, Privileges nd Elections, Rural Electrification, Social Services
and Local Legislation.)
Interstate Cooperation
Invitations
Judiciary
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Medical Affairs
Rules
Transportation (Aviation, Highways, Railroads and
Shipping.).
(2) The membership of the Ethics Committee shall be
is limited to six (6) as set forth in Rule 45 and the
membership of the Invitations Committee shall be is
limited to ten (10). The membership of the above
remaining standing committees shall must not
be less than five (5) nor more than eighteen (18).
(3) Members of the Senate with seniority shall be limited
to may serve on not more than five standing committees,
and members with no seniority shall be limited to may
serve on no not more than four standing committees.
Membership on the Committee on Ethics, Committee on Interstate
Cooperation, and or the Committee on Invitations
are is not included in limiting membership on standing
committees.
(4) Members of the Senate shall make their committee selections
at the commencement beginning of each session
following the election of Senators or at such a special
session called for that purpose. For the members to make their standing
committee selections, the Clerk of the Senate, (or if the
Clerk has not been elected, the Clerk of the Senate during the preceding
General Assembly or an assistant clerk), shall prepare
a roll of the Senate listing the members in the order of length of
continuous service, beginning with the longest continuous service.
Where two or more members have equal continuous service they
shall must be listed in alphabetical order. The Clerk of
the Senate then shall then call the roll. Each member,
upon his name being called, shall select four unfilled standing
committees and one of the three committees listed in subsection
(3) on which he wishes to serve. The roll call shall
must be repeated with each member, upon his name being
called, selecting one additional unfilled standing committee on which he
wishes to serve. In the event If a any member
is unable to be present for selection of standing committees, that member
may authorize in writing any a member of the Senate to
make selections in his behalf. Any A Senator who
served on a standing committee in the session immediately past shall
have the right to may serve on such that
committee regardless of the Senator's seniority in the Senate, unless the
Senator shall elect elects to be removed from
such the committee or unless the Senator is ineligible
to reclaim a seat on the said committee by reason of the
limitations herein set forth in this rule.
(5) No member shall may chair more than one
standing committee.
(6) The membership and chairmanship limitations
limitation set forth in this rule do does not
apply to the Committee on Interstate Cooperation.
(7) Membership on the Judiciary Committee excludes
membership on the Finance Committee and vice versa.
(8) The members shall must be elected at the
commencement beginning of each session following
election of Senators, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.
(9) In the election of the membership of the Senate standing
committees, the seniority system shall be is
retained, so as to become is considered a part
of these rules, and shall must be followed
without regard to party affiliation.
(10) Committee seniority shall be is determined by
tenure within the Committee rather than tenure within the Senate. When
members with seniority transfer to a new committee their seniority
will must be counted ahead of newly-elected Senators.
(11) Where two or more standing committees are combined, initial
membership on such committees the combined
committee shall must be based on tenure within the
Senate.
(12) In the election of the standing committees, the Senate shall
proceed viva voce, severally, to elect the chairman of each committee,
and then, viva voce, the other members necessary to complete the
same standing committees;. and a
A majority of the whole number of votes given
cast shall be is necessary to the choice
of to elect the chairman of a standing committee. In all
other elections a plurality of votes shall make a choice is
necessary for election. All other committees shall
must be appointed by the President, unless the Senate
differently directs otherwise.
(13) When any a subject or matter shall have
been is referred to a committee, any other subject or matter
of a similar nature may, on motion, may be referred to
such the same committee.
(14) In any case where Where a rule or law
provides for ex officio membership on state boards and commissions by
virtue of a chairmanship, the appropriate committee shall elect
same the ex officio board or commission member from
its membership."
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