ADOPTED HOUSE AMENDMENTS
MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2003
JR0001/A
Amend JOINT RULE 14 by creating a new subsection (k) as follows:
14-1. BUDGET BILLS
(k) In the event one house fails to pass on third reading the mirror budget bill originally introduced in that house, the following shall apply:
(1) The mirror budget bill passed in the opposite house shall be engrossed with all amendments passed by that house and shall be delivered to the second house. That bill shall thereafter be referred to as the "state budget bill" and shall be deemed to be the budget bill for the state budget for all purposes.
(2) Subsections 14-1(b) and (c) of this rule shall apply to consideration of the state budget bill in the second house.
(3) Notwithstanding Senate Rule 7-6, House Rule 4-6 or Joint Rules 2-1 through 2-3, the following rules shall govern joint conference committee action on the state budget bill:
(a) The presiding officers of each house shall, in accordance with these rules and “Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure,” appoint a conference committee of five (5) to confer on the state budget bill. A majority of each conference committee shall be appointed from the prevailing side on the vote for third reading and final passage of the bill. During the Budget Session, the chairmanship of any joint conference committee on the state budget bill shall alternate between the house and senate for each day the joint conference committee meets with the senate having the chairmanship on the first meeting day;
(c) The first joint conference committee appointed is not a free committee, but each successive committee appointed thereafter shall be a free conference committee as defined in Section 773 of “Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure”;
(d) The signed joint conference committee report shall be simultaneously referred to both houses for concurrence.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in Joint Rule 14-1(k)(2), the provisions of Joint Rule 14-1(a) through (j) shall not apply to the state budget bill.
HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
JR0002/A
Create JOINT RULE 18 as follows:
18. SPECIAL SESSIONS
18-1(a) The legislature may call itself into special session if a majority of the membership elected to both houses responds in the affirmative to a written poll of the membership conducted by the Legislative Service Office at the joint direction of the presiding officers of each house.
(b) The presiding officers of each house:
(i) May initiate the written poll of the membership under subsection (a) of this rule by their joint agreement; and
(ii) Shall initiate the written poll of the membership under subsection (a) of this rule upon the written request of not less than thirty-five percent (35%) of the membership elected to each house, signed by those members.
(c) When a majority of the membership elected to both houses responds in the affirmative to the written poll conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this rule, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house shall jointly announce the results of the poll and establish a date for the convening of the special session.
(d) In responding to a written poll conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this rule, or in signing a written request to the president and speaker under paragraph (b)(ii) of this rule, a facsimile signature of a legislator may be accepted provided it is followed by a written document bearing the legislator's manual signature.
HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
JR0003/A
Create JOINT RULE 19 as follows:
19. RELATIONS BETWEEN HOUSES
REQUEST FOR RETURN OF BILL
19-1Upon a motion to return a bill from one house to the other for corrective action, or for the purpose of reconsideration, which is adopted by two-thirds (2/3) of the members elected to the requesting house, the presiding officer shall direct the chief clerk to send a message to the presiding officer of the house currently in possession of the bill requesting that the bill be returned for necessary action. Upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the elected members of the house having possession of the bill, the bill shall be returned to the requesting house. (Mason's Sec. 762)
HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
HR0001/A
Amend House Rule 10-1 as follows:
10. PLACED ON GENERAL FILE
10-1After a bill has been reported back to the House by its assigned committee and the standing committee report read to the body and entered in the journal, it shall be placed on general file.
HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
HR0002/A
Amend House Rule 10-5(b) as follows:
HOUSE RULES APPLY, EXCEPTIONS
10-5The rules of the House shall be observed in the committee of the whole, except that:
(b) The ayes and noes shall not be taken unless
the original motion made for passage of a given bill, following a vote by
division, has failed in the committee of the whole. At that time, the ayes and noes shall be taken and entered in the
committee of the whole report. The
result of the roll call vote shall determine the action of the committee of the
whole. If, after a roll call vote, the
bill fails to pass Committee of the Whole, the bill is deemed to be
indefinitely postponed. Except as provided in this subsection, the motion
to indefinitely postpone shall not be in order during Committee of the whole. prior to a roll call
under this subsection.
HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
HR0003/A
Amend House Rule 13-3 as follows:
CALL FOR AYES AND NOES
13-3When a question is about to be taken, it shall
be in order for any two members to call for the recording of the ayes and noes
for entry in the journal and the names of the members shall be called in
alphabetical order. and notations made on the roll call form.
HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
HR0004/A
Create new House Rule 30 to read:
30. CONSTITUENT SERVICE ALLOWANCE
30-1(a) Claims for constituent service allowance submitted by members of the House pursuant to W.S. 28-5-106 shall be accompanied by an itemized listing of expenditures for which reimbursement is requested including:
1. The date, place and purpose for which in-state travel reimbursement is requested from the constituent service allowance account; and
2. An itemization of all other claimed expenditures for which reimbursement from the constituent service allowance account is authorized by Management Council policy.
(b) Nothing in this rule shall require the submission of receipts for claimed expenditures.
(c) Reimbursement disclosures required by this rule shall be filed in the Legislative Service Office and maintained as a public record.
HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
Page 13-line 2 Delete "problems" insert "responsibilities". COOPER
HB0035HS001/A
Page 2-line 9 Delete "July 1" insert "June 30". LAW, CHAIRMAN
HB0079HS001/A
Page 4-line 9 After "(16)" insert "years".
SIMPSON, CHAIRMAN
HB0005H2002/AC
(CORRECTED COPY)
Delete the Boswell committee of the whole amendment (HB0005HW001/A) and further amend as follows:
Page 1-line 1 Delete "removing" insert "modifying".
Page 2-line 19 After "exceed" insert "four million dollars ($4,000,000.00) per year and shall not exceed". BRECHTEL