Senate Resolution 106 PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY WARNSTADT, KREIMAN, BOLKCOM, BEALL, 1 3 DVORSKY, RAGAN, COURTNEY, DOTZLER, GRONSTAL, 1 4 STEWART, QUIRMBACH, HATCH, McCOY, 1 5 HOLVECK, and BLACK 1 6 A Resolution to amend Rule 39 of the Rules of the 1 7 Senate. 1 8 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That Rule 39, 1 9 subsections 4, 9, and 10, as adopted by the Senate 1 10 during the 2003 Session in Senate Resolution 1, are 1 11 amended to read as follows: 1 12 4. The rules adopted by a committee, including 1 13 subsections 2, 3, 8A, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of this rule, 1 14 may be suspended by an affirmative vote of a majority 1 15 of the members of the committee. 1 16 8A. A bill or resolution shall not be voted upon 1 17 unless the committee has held a public hearing called 1 18 under subsection 10 on that bill or resolution, or has 1 19 allowed time during a meeting of the committee for 1 20 public testimony on that bill or resolution. 1 21 9. A bill or resolution shall not be voted upon on 1 22 the same day a public hearing called under subsection 1 23 10 is held on that bill or resolution, or on the same 1 24 day public testimony is received under subsection 8A 1 25 on that bill or resolution. 1 26 10. Public hearings may be called at the 1 27 discretion of the chair. The chair shall call a 1 28 public hearing upon the written request of one=half 1 29 the membership of the committee. The chair shall set 1 30 the time and place of the public hearing. Public 2 1 testimony may be received at any meeting of a 2 2 committee, subject to the restriction on voting 2 3 contained in subsection 9. 2 4 LSB 5390XS 80 2 5 rj/sh/8