House Journal: Page 152: Wednesday, January 20, 1999

20                             Rule 58A

21          Use of Telephonic or Electronic Devices
22               in Committee Rooms Restricted
23     1.  In order to prevent the disruption of committee
24  deliberations, a person shall not do any of the
25  following in any committee room while a standing
26  committee is in session:
27     a.  Allow any audible signal to be continued to be
28  transmitted to or from a telephonic or electronic
29  device under the person's control.
30     b.  Use a telephonic or electronic device to
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 1  audibly transmit or receive communications.
 2     2.  The chair or acting chair of a standing
 3  committee may clear the committee room of any person
 4  acting in violation of this rule.
 5                              Rule 59
 6                   Committee Amendments
 7     All amendments to a bill or resolution adopted in
 8  committee shall be incorporated in a single committee
 9  amendment or incorporated in a new committee bill.
10                              Rule 60
11                    Withdrawal of Bills
12               or Nullification Resolutions
13                      From Committee
14     A bill or nullification resolution which has been
15  in committee for eighteen legislative days following
16  notation of such referral in the journal may be
17  withdrawn from the committee and placed on the
18  calendar by an affirmative vote of not less than
19  fifty-one members of the house.
20                              Rule 61
21                 Committee Public Hearings
22     The chair of a committee may call a public hearing
23  for the purpose of receiving public comment on any
24  matter within the purview of the committee.
25     The chair shall call a public hearing upon the
26  written request of committee members according to
27  committee rules, but no more than one-third of the
28  committee members shall be required.
29     A public hearing shall not be called or requested
30  after final action on the bill has been taken by the
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 1  committee.  However, a public hearing called or
 2  requested before final action has been taken by the
 3  committee may be held after final action on the bill
 4  has been taken by the committee.
 5     The chair shall designate a time and place for a
 6  public hearing and provide public notice at least five
 7  days prior to a public hearing.

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