House Journal: Page 374: Tuesday, February 13, 2001
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1 the payment of expenses, salaries, per diems, and
2 other items. The proposed budget shall be submitted
3 on the fourteenth day of each legislative session to
4 the house committee in charge of administration, which
5 shall approve a proposed budget in house resolution
6 form within thirty days of receiving the proposed
7 budget from the speaker. The house shall adopt a
8 budget within thirty days of the introduction of the
9 house resolution.
10 Rule 6
11 The Speaker Pro Tempore
12 The house shall, at its pleasure, elect a speaker
13 pro tempore. When the speaker shall for any cause be
14 absent, the speaker pro tempore shall preside, except
15 when the chair is filled by appointment by either the
16 speaker or the speaker pro tempore. If a vacancy
17 occurs in the office of speaker, the speaker pro
18 tempore shall assume the duties and responsibilities
19 of the speaker until such time as the house shall
20 elect a new speaker. The speaker or the speaker pro
21 tempore shall have the right to name any member to
22 perform the duties of speaker, but such substitution
23 shall not extend beyond the adjournment. The acts of
24 the speaker pro tempore shall have the same validity
25 as those of the speaker. In the absence of both the
26 speaker and the speaker pro tempore, the house shall
27 name a speaker who shall preside over it and perform
28 all the duties of the speaker with the exception of
29 signing bills, until such time as the speaker or
30 speaker pro tempore shall be present, and the person's
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1 acts shall have the same force and validity as those
2 of the regularly elected speaker.
3 Rule 7
4 Amendment and Suspension of Rules
5 A motion to change or rescind a standing rule or
6 order of the house requires one day's notice. A
7 motion to suspend a rule, or to table or take from the
8 table a matter, requires an affirmative vote of a
9 constitutional majority. Postponing or changing the
10 order of business requires an affirmative vote of a
11 constitutional majority.
12 Rule 8
13 Violation of House Rules
14 The speaker shall, or any member may, call to order
15 a member who transgresses the rules of the house.
16 With leave of the house, the member called to order
17 may be permitted to explain. If the case requires it,
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