South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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H. 3177

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House Resolution
Sponsors: Rules Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11064dw03.doc

Introduced in the House on December 10, 2002
Adopted by the House on December 10, 2002

Summary: House Rules, procedure for Speaker to convene adjourn for certain limited purposes

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/10/2002  House   Introduced and adopted HJ-1

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12/10/2002

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A HOUSE RESOLUTION

TO AMEND RULE 6.1 OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, RELATING TO THE DAILY ORDER OF BUSINESS AND CALENDAR, SO AS TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE BY WHICH THE SPEAKER MAY CONVENE AND ADJOURN THE HOUSE IN STATEWIDE SESSION FOR CERTAIN LIMITED PURPOSES.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That Rule 6.1 of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read:

"6.1    a.    The House shall meet each legislative day at 12:00 Noon every Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. every Wednesday, and 10:00 a.m. every Thursday and Friday unless otherwise ordered by the House. Provided, that by motion made at any time the House by majority vote may fix the day and hour at which time the House shall next meet (not to exceed constitutional limitations) and this shall be decided without debate.

Provided, further, that during the first three weeks of the first year of a legislative session, unless a majority of the House members present object, on Wednesdays the House shall meet at 2:00 p.m. to provide time in the morning hours for committees to meet and hearings to be held.

Provided, further, that unless ordered otherwise, the House shall consider only local uncontested matters on Friday of each week.

b.    The Speaker, in his sole discretion, is authorized to call the House of Representatives into statewide session for the exclusive purpose of the introduction and referral of bills and receipt and reading of communications and committee reports and to adjourn immediately thereafter with no roll to be taken. Any such action by the Speaker shall provide the specific date of the statewide session and shall provide that the House of Representatives must convene at 10:00 a.m. and adjourn not later than 10:30 a.m. on these days."

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