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House Journal: Page 121: Thursday, January 23, 1997

17  affirmative vote of at least a constitutional majority
18  of the members.  If the motion for a previous question
19  is not adopted, the house shall proceed in the same
20  manner as before the motion was made.
21     If the motion is adopted, all debate must end and
22  the house will vote upon the question except:
23     1.  If the motion applies to the main question, the
24  member in charge of the measure will have ten minutes
25  to speak for the purpose of closing discussion before
26  the vote on the measure is taken.
27     2.  If the motion applies to an amendment, the
28  member proposing the amendment will have five minutes
29  to speak for the purpose of closing discussion before
30  the vote on the amendment is taken.

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 1     3.  If a member has filed a written request with
 2  the chief clerk of the house indicating the member's
 3  desire to speak on a particular question.  The request
 4  must be filed before the motion is made by the movant.
 5  The request allows a member to speak on a particular
 6  question before the closing discussion by the member
 7  who is in charge of the measure or who is proposing
 8  the amendment.
 9                          Rule 82
10                 Division of the Question
11     Any member may call for a division of the question,
12  which shall be divided if it comprehends questions so
13  distinct that one being taken away, the remainder may
14  stand separately for discussion by the house.  A
15  motion to strike out being lost shall not preclude
16  either an amendment or a motion to strike out and
17  insert.  A motion to strike out and insert shall be
18  deemed indivisible.
The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.
ADOPTION OF HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 5
Rants of Woodbury called up for consideration House Concurrent
Resolution 5 as follows, and moved its adoption:

 1             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 5
 2         BY  COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND RULES
 3  A concurrent resolution relating to joint rules of
 4     the Senate and House of Representatives for the
 5     Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
 6     Be It Resolved By The House Of Representatives, The
 7  Senate Concurring, That the joint rules of the Senate
 8  and House of Representatives for the Seventy-fourth
 9  Seventy-seventh General Assembly shall be:
10                    JOINT RULES OF THE
11                     SENATE AND HOUSE

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