ORIGINAL SENATE

JOINT RESOLUTION

FILE NO. 0007

ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3, SENATE

FIFTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2001 BUDGET SESSION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(END)

Speaker of the House President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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