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 6  noncontroversial calendar.  A bill or joint resolution
 7  shall be stricken from the noncontroversial calendar
 8  if a written objection to the bill or joint resolution
 9  is filed with the chief clerk prior to the time the
10  bill or joint resolution is called up by the majority
11  leader.
12     Debate on a bill or joint resolution from the
13  noncontroversial calendar shall be limited to ten
14  minutes.  If debate exceeds ten minutes, the bill or
15  joint resolution shall be stricken from the
16  noncontroversial calendar.
17                          Rule 36
18           Consideration of Committee Amendments
19     After a bill has been referred and reported back,
20  it shall be considered on its first reading after the
21  amendments of the committee have been read.
22                          Rule 37
23             Amendments to Special Order Bills
24     All amendments to bills on the special order
25  calendar shall be filed at least three session days
26  prior to the date set for debate.  Amendments to an
27  amendment shall be filed at least two session days
28  prior to the date set for debate.  However, corrective
29  amendments and amendments sponsored by either the
30  majority floor leader or the minority floor leader may

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 1  be filed at any time.  Rule 31.8 shall not apply to
 2  these amendments.
 3     A corrective amendment is an amendment which does
 4  not substantively change the amendment or the bill.
 5                          Rule 38
 6                   Irrelevant Amendments
 7     No motion or proposition on a subject different
 8  from that under consideration shall be admitted under
 9  color of an amendment.
10                          Rule 39
11                  Consideration of Bills
12     Bills, including committee bills, and nullification
13  resolutions, reported out for passage, for indefinite
14  postponement, for amendment and passage, or without
15  recommendation by the committee, shall not be acted
16  upon until after the second legislative day following
17  the day the report was printed in the journal.
18     Prior to noon or adjournment, whichever is later,
19  on the last legislative day of the week, the majority
20  leader shall prepare a list of bills reported out of
21  committee that week which have not yet appeared on the
22  regular calendar.
23     The reports of the committees shall not be read
24  while the house is in session except as herein
25  provided.  The reports shall be printed in the journal

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