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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 2.6A NOMINATION OF OFFICERS.
1 2 For the purposes of nominating members for election as
1 3 officers, if the two political parties having the highest
1 4 number of members in either the senate or the house of
1 5 representatives have, in a particular house, the same number
1 6 of members affiliated with each political party, the political
1 7 party having the majority of members in that house prior to
1 8 the last general election shall be considered the only
1 9 political party which can nominate members for election as
1 10 presiding officers or majority floor leaders until such time
1 11 as the tie in membership is broken.
1 12 EXPLANATION
1 13 This bill provides that when nominating members of the
1 14 general assembly for election as officers in that body, if
1 15 there is a tie in either house between the two political
1 16 parties having the most number of members, the political party
1 17 having the most number of members prior to the date of the
1 18 last general election shall be considered the majority party
1 19 until the tie is broken.
1 20 LSB 1922SS 76
1 21 sc/jj/8
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