SJ0007 - Special legislative sessions.

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0279.E1 ENGROSSED

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.  SJ0007

Special legislative sessions.

Sponsored by:  Senator(s) Kinnison, Cathcart, Coe, Harris,
Hinchey, Job, Kunz, Larson and Schiffer and
Representative(s) Boswell, Burns, Iekel,
Landon, McGraw and Ross

A BILL

for

 1  A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to authorize the legislature
 2  to convene special sessions of the legislature.

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 4  BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING,
 5  two-thirds of all the members of the two houses, voting
 6  separately, concurring therein:

 7 

 8        Section 1.  The following proposal to amend Wyoming
 9  Constitution, Article 3, Section 7 is proposed for
10  submission to the electors of the State of Wyoming at the
11  next general election for approval or rejection to become
12  valid as a part of the Constitution if ratified by a
13  majority of the electors at the election:

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15        Article 3, Section 7. Time and place of sessions.

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 2        (a) The legislature shall meet at the seat of
 3  government at twelve o'clock noon, on the second Tuesday of
 4  January of the odd-numbered years for general and budget
 5  session and may meet on the second Tuesday of January of
 6  the even-numbered years for budget session, and at other
 7  times when convened by the governor or upon call of the
 8  legislature as herein provided. The governor by
 9  proclamation may also, in times of war or grave emergency
10  by law defined, temporarily convene the legislature at a
11  place or places other than the seat of government. The
12  legislature may convene a special session not to last
13  longer than twenty (20) working days as follows:

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15             (i) Upon written request to the presiding
16  officer of each house of the legislature by a majority of
17  the elected members of each house, the legislature shall
18  convene in special session; or

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20             (ii) The presiding officers of each house shall
21  also jointly call a special session for the purpose of
22  resolving a challenge or a dispute of any kind in the
23  determination of the presidential electors.

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 1        Section 2. The Secretary of State shall endorse the
 2  following statements on the proposed amendments, with a
 3  separate ballot question to be posed to the voters for each
 4  amendment to Article 3, Section 7(a)(i) and section
 5  7(a)(ii):

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 7        (a) The adoption of the amendment to Article 3,
 8  Section 7(a)(i) would allow a majority of the elected
 9  members of each house to convene a special legislative
10  session;

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12        (b) The amendment to Article 3, Section 7(a)(ii)
13  would allow the legislative leaders of each house to call a
14  special session to resolve a dispute or challenge to
15  determine the presidential electors;

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17        (c) The governor's power to call a special
18  legislative session is not affected by these amendments.

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20                       (END)

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