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22  on administration and rules may close its meetings to
23  evaluate the professional competency of an individual
24  whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge
25  is being considered when necessary to prevent needless
26  and irreparable injury to that individual's reputation
27  on the request of the affected individual.
28                          Rule 53
29               Quorum and Vote Requirements
30     The committee roll shall be taken at the convening

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 1  of each meeting to determine the presence of a quorum.
 2  A majority of the committee membership shall
 3  constitute a quorum.
 4     An affirmative vote of a majority of the committee
 5  membership is required to report a bill out of
 6  committee or to suspend a committee rule.
 7     A motion to reconsider may be made only by a
 8  committee member who voted on the prevailing side of
 9  the question sought to be reconsidered.  A motion to
10  reconsider may only be made provided the bill is still
11  in possession of the committee.
12     If a member, who is in the committee room when a
13  question to report a bill out of committee is put, has
14  not asked to be excused prior to commencing to take
15  the vote on the question, the member shall vote aye or
16  nay unless the committee has excused the member for
17  special reasons.  However, a member may pass on the
18  first taking of the roll call on the question but
19  shall vote aye or nay when the member's name is called
20  for a second time.
21                          Rule 54
22          Committee Attendance Record and Report
23                     of Committee Form
24     A committee attendance record shall be filed with
25  the chief clerk no later than 10:00 a.m. or two hours
26  after the house convenes, whichever is later, of the
27  legislative day immediately following the day of the
28  committee meeting.  The committee attendance record is
29  a public record and may be published in the journal.
30  The committee attendance record shall include the

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 1  following information:
 2     a.  The time the meeting convened.
 3     b.  The members present at the meeting.
 4     c.  The time the meeting adjourned.
 5     d.  A list of bills receiving final committee
 6  disposition.
 7     A report of committee form shall be filed with the
 8  chief clerk no later than 10:00 a.m. or two hours

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