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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4430 Type of Legislation:House Resolution HR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20000112 Primary Sponsor:Rules Committee HR 29 All Sponsors:Rules Committee Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\pt\1758dw00.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20000112 Subject:General Assembly, Rules, House of Representatives, Chairmen of committees to be elected by committee members History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20000112 Introduced, adopted Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND RULE 1.9 OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS AND CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEES BY THE SPEAKER, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE CHAIRMEN BE ELECTED BY THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES AND PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR FILLING A VACANCY IN THE CHAIRMANSHIP.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That Rule 1.9 of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read:
"1.9 All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker, unless otherwise provided for by law, except Senatorial and Gubernatorial appointees and ex officio members of the House. The Speaker shall name the members constituting each committee in alphabetical order, and the Speaker shall appoint the committee chairmen for the standing committees. The Chairman shall be elected by the respective committees during the organizational session. If any subsequent vacancy shall occur in a committee's chairmanship, the election of a new committee chairman shall take place at the time and date to be set by the presiding officer of the respective committee. Provided, however, that the committee chairmen for the House of Representatives Legislative Ethics Committee and the Committee on Operations and Management of the House of Representatives shall be elected by the several members of those committees. The committees may at their discretion elect a Vice-Chairman and such other officers as they may choose."
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