House Journal: Page 156: Wednesday, January 20, 1999

 5     g. 7.  In the event that a motion to reconsider is

 6  pending at the end of the first session or any
 7  extraordinary session of any general assembly, or the
 8  general assembly adjourns sine die, and the motion to
 9  reconsider has not been voted upon by the house, the
10  motion shall be determined to have failed.
11             DIVISION VIII - VOTING
12                            Rule 74
13                     Manner of Voting
14     Members present may cast their votes, either by
15  operating the voting mechanism located at their
16  assigned desk or by signaling the speaker from the
17  floor of the house or from the south visitors' gallery
18  if they are unable to vote at their assigned desk.
19  The speaker shall enter the votes of members signaling
20  their votes.  Upon direction of the speaker or upon
21  request of two members during the taking of the vote
22  of the house on any question, only those members at
23  their desks and voting shall be counted.  Members who
24  are not present shall not cast their votes except:
25     a. 1.  Members who have not voted may record their
26  votes on any record roll call vote except quorum calls
27  within ten minutes after the vote has been announced,
28  providing the vote does not change the outcome of the
29  vote on that question.  a member may request
30  announcement of the names of members so recorded after
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 1  the ten-minute period.
 2     b. 2.  Members meeting in a conference committee or
 3  in administrative rules review committee at the time a
 4  vote is taken on a question may have their vote
 5  recorded within thirty minutes or adjournment,
 6  whichever is first of that same legislative day,
 7  providing the vote does not change the outcome of the
 8  vote on that question.
 9                            Rule 75
10                      Duty of Voting
11     Except as limited in Rule 74, every member who is
12  in the house when a question is put shall vote unless
13  the house has excused that member for special reasons;
14  however, such member must have asked to be excused
15  prior to commencing to take the vote on the main
16  question.
17                            Rule 76
18                Limitation on Right to Vote
19     No member shall vote on any question in which that
20  person is financially interested.
21                            Rule 77
22                     Call of the House
23     Upon written request of five members, the presiding
24  officer shall compel attendance of absent and
25  unexcused members for the consideration of specified

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