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House Journal: Page 112: Thursday, January 23, 1997

 2  Upon taking possession of a study bill, the committee
 3  chair shall notify the speaker and then submit fifteen
 4  copies of the bill to the legal counsel's office for
 5  numbering.
 6     A study bill shall bear the name of the member who
 7  wishes to have the bill considered.  A study bill
 8  submitted by a state agency or board for consideration
 9  shall bear the name of the state agency or board.  A
10  committee chair may submit a study bill in the name of
11  that committee.
12     Final committee action on a study bill shall not be
13  taken until one day following the notation of the
14  study bill assignment in the house journal.
15     A study bill not prepared by the legislative
16  service bureau may be submitted to a standing
17  committee, but shall not be considered by the full
18  committee unless reviewed and typed in proper form by
19  the legislative service bureau.
20                          Rule 49
21                    Committee Meetings
22     No committee, except a conference committee or the
23  administrative rules review committee, shall meet
24  while the house is in session without special leave.
25                          Rule 50
26                    Smoking Prohibited
27     Smoking shall not be permitted in the house or in
28  any area of the capitol building controlled by the
29  house or controlled jointly by the house and senate.
30                         Rule 50A

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 1              Nondegradable Polystyrene Cups
 2     The use of nondegradable polystyrene cups shall not
 3  be permitted on the floor of the house, at the
 4  speaker's station, or in the press boxes.
 5                          Rule 51
 6                Assignments to Subcommittee
 7     The chair of the committee shall report to the
 8  house the bill number of each bill assigned to
 9  subcommittee and the names of the subcommittee
10  members.  The report shall be printed in the journal.
11     All bills, prior to consideration by the committee,
12  shall be referred by the chair to a subcommittee,
13  unless acted upon by a committee of the whole.
14     The chair may assign bills to subcommittees without
15  a meeting of the committee, but the membership of the
16  subcommittee so appointed shall be reported at the
17  next meeting of the committee.
18                          Rule 52
19                       Open Meetings
20     Standing committee meetings shall be open, and
21  voting by secret ballot is prohibited.  The committee

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