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House Journal: Page 98: Thursday, January 23, 1997

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

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

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (77th General Assembly: Session 1)

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