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House Journal: Page 147: Tuesday, January 24, 1995

 5	Rule 5A
 6	House Budget
 7     The speaker of the house shall annually prepare a
 8  proposed budget for the house of representatives for
 9  the payment of expenses, salaries, per diems, and
10  other items.  The proposed budget shall be submitted
11  on the fourteenth day of each legislative session to
12  the house committee in charge of administration, which
13  shall approve a proposed budget in house resolution
14  form within thirty days of receiving the proposed
15  budget from the speaker.  The house shall adopt a
16  budget within thirty days of the introduction of the
17  house resolution.
18	Rule 6
19	The Speaker Pro Tempore
20     The house shall, at its pleasure, elect a speaker
21  pro tempore.  When the speaker shall for any cause be
22  absent, the speaker pro tempore shall preside, except
23  when the chair is filled by appointment by either the
24  speaker or the speaker pro tempore.  If a vacancy
25  occurs in the office of speaker, the speaker pro
26  tempore shall assume the duties and responsibilities
27  of the speaker until such time as the house shall
28  elect a new speaker.  The speaker or the speaker pro
29  tempore shall have the right to name any member to
30  perform the duties of speaker, but such substitution

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 1  shall not extend beyond the adjournment.  The acts of
 2  the speaker pro tempore shall have the same validity
 3  as those of the speaker.  In the absence of both the
 4  speaker and the speaker pro tempore, the house shall
 5  name a speaker who shall preside over it and perform
 6  all the duties of the speaker with the exception of
 7  signing bills, until such time as the speaker or
 8  speaker pro tempore shall be present, and the person's
 9  acts shall have the same force and validity as those
10  of the regularly elected speaker.
11	Rule 7
12	Amendment and Suspension of Rules
13     A motion to change or rescind a standing rule or
14  order of the house requires one day's notice.  A
15  motion to suspend a rule, or to table or take from the
16  table a matter, requires an affirmative vote of a
17  constitutional majority.  Postponing or changing the
18  order of business requires an affirmative vote of a
19  constitutional majority.
20	Rule 8
21	Violation of House Rules
22     The speaker shall, or any member may, call to order
23  a member who transgresses the rules of the house.
24  With leave of the house, the member called to order
25  may be permitted to explain.  If the case requires it,

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 1)

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