House Concurrent Resolution 103 - Introduced

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  1  1               HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                            BY  SANDS
  1  3 A Concurrent Resolution amending the joint rules of
  1  4    the Senate and the House of Representatives for the
  1  5    Eighty=second General Assembly.
  1  6    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATE
  1  7 CONCURRING, That the joint rules of the Senate and the House
  1  8 of Representatives for the Eighty=second General Assembly
  1  9 shall be amended by adding the following new rule:
  1 10                            Rule 17A
  1 11                  Nongovernmental Appropriation
  1 12    For the purposes of this rule, "nongovernmental
  1 13 appropriation" means a line item appropriation or an
  1 14 allocation within an appropriation that is designated for
  1 15 distribution to an entity that is not a unit of state
  1 16 government or a political subdivision of the state, to a
  1 17 quasi=governmental entity, or to a private person, including
  1 18 but not limited to a nonprofit organization organized under
  1 19 section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code or a
  1 20 religious organization.
  1 21    Any bill, resolution, or amendment considered by the senate
  1 22 or the house of representatives or by a standing committee of
  1 23 either chamber that includes a nongovernmental appropriation
  1 24 shall be accompanied by a nongovernmental appropriation
  1 25 supplemental information form.  The secretary of the senate
  1 26 and the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall
  1 27 jointly prescribe the form.  The submitted forms shall be
  1 28 distributed in print form to the chamber or committee
  1 29 considering the nongovernmental appropriation and shall also
  1 30 be made available to the public via the general assembly's
  1 31 internet site.  The secretary and the chief clerk shall
  1 32 maintain the submitted forms in a searchable database
  1 33 available to the public on the general assembly's internet
  1 34 site.
  1 35    A bill, resolution, or amendment that includes a
  2  1 nongovernmental appropriation that is not accompanied by a
  2  2 nongovernmental appropriation supplemental information form
  2  3 shall not be considered by either chamber or by a standing
  2  4 committee of either chamber.  This requirement may be
  2  5 suspended with the approval of a majority of the membership of
  2  6 the chamber or standing committee considering the
  2  7 nongovernmental appropriation.
  2  8    The information provided in a nongovernmental appropriation
  2  9 supplemental information form shall include but is not limited
  2 10 to all of the following:  the legal name and address of the
  2 11 recipient of the nongovernmental appropriation, the dollar
  2 12 amount of the appropriation, the purpose for the use of the
  2 13 state moneys involved, the goals and anticipated outcomes of
  2 14 the nongovernmental appropriation, the duration of the use,
  2 15 and identification of any business, familial, or personal
  2 16 relationship between the recipient of the nongovernmental
  2 17 appropriation and the sponsor of the bill, resolution, or
  2 18 amendment containing the nongovernmental appropriation.
  2 19 LSB 5183HH 82
  2 20 jp/rj/14