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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE

SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, To 1997 SENATE RESOLUTION 1

January 6, 1997 - Offered by Senator George.

SR1-SSA1,1,4 To repeal senate rule 20 (2) (c); to amend senate rules 20 (1) (a) 1. and 2. and (2) (a), 21, 24 and 50 (1); and to create senate rules 20 (1) (a) 6. and 41 (1) (e); relating to: the senate rules and notifying the assembly and the governor that the 1997-98 senate is organized.

SR1-SSA1,1,5 Resolved by the senate, That:

SR1-SSA1, s. 1 Section 1. Officers of the 1997-98 senate listed. The following persons are the officers of the 1997-98 senate, as elected by the senate through the adoption of this resolution or as previously designated by the respective party caucuses:

SR1-SSA1,1,9 President — Senator Brian D. Rude

SR1-SSA1,1,10 President pro tem — Senator Alan J. Lasee

SR1-SSA1,1,11 Majority party officers:

SR1-SSA1,1,12 Leader — Senator Chuck Chvala

SR1-SSA1,1,13 Assistant leader — Senator Rodney C. Moen

SR1-SSA1,1,14 Caucus chairperson — Senator Kimberly M. Plache

SR1-SSA1,2,1 Caucus secretary — Senator Alice Clausing

SR1-SSA1,2,2 Minority party officers:

SR1-SSA1,2,3 Leader — Senator Michael G. Ellis

SR1-SSA1,2,4 Caucus chairperson — Senator Margaret A. Farrow

SR1-SSA1,2,5 Caucus secretary — Senator Gary F. Drzewiecki

SR1-SSA1,2,6 Chief clerk — Honorable Donald J. Schneider

SR1-SSA1,2,7 Sergeant at arms — Honorable Jon H. Hochkammer

SR1-SSA1, s. 2 Section 2. Senate rule 20 (1) (a) 1. and 2. is amended to read:

SR1-SSA1,2,9 Senate Rule 20 (1) (a) 1. The majority leader president as chairperson.

SR1-SSA1,2,10 Senate Rule 20 (1) (a) 2. The president majority leader.

SR1-SSA1, s. 3 Section 3. Senate rule 20 (1) (a) 6. is created to read:

SR1-SSA1,2,12 Senate Rule 20 (1) (a) 6. The minority caucus chairperson.

SR1-SSA1, s. 4 Section 4. Senate rule 20 (2) (a) is amended to read:

SR1-SSA1,2,18 Senate Rule 20 (2) (a) The chairperson of the committee on senate organization, as near to the commencement of the session as possible, shall make and report to the senate all committee appointments of members of the majority and minority parties. The chairperson of the committee on senate organization shall designate a chairperson for each senate committee and joint committee.

SR1-SSA1, s. 5 Section 5. Senate rule 20 (2) (c) is repealed.

SR1-SSA1, s. 6 Section 6. Senate rule 21 is amended to read:

SR1-SSA1,2,25 Senate Rule 21. Special committees. All special committees shall be provided for on motion or by resolution, designating the number and object, and unless otherwise ordered, shall be appointed by the chairperson of the committee on senate organization. The member first named shall act as chairperson of such special committee.

SR1-SSA1, s. 7 Section 7. Senate rule 24 is amended to read:

SR1-SSA1,3,10 Senate Rule 24. Committee quorum; subcommittees. A majority of any committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Solely for the purpose of determining a quorum of a committee necessary to hold a public hearing, a member who is connected to the hearing by means of a 2-way, audiovisual transmission shall be considered present. Subcommittees may be appointed to take charge of any part of the committee's business and to report to the committee. Motions to reconsider may be made in committee, before the papers are reported to the senate. Rereference shall give the committee full power to act without reconsidering its former action.

SR1-SSA1, s. 8 Section 8. Senate rule 41 (1) (e) is created to read:

SR1-SSA1,3,17 Senate Rule 41 (1) (e) During any interim period between regularly scheduled floorperiods, if the committee on senate organization receives a standing committee's report on a bill that by statute requires review by the joint committee on finance before being passed, the committee on senate organization may, on any day of the interim, rerefer that bill to the joint committee on finance and, in that case, shall direct the chief clerk to record the rereferral by an appropriate entry in the journal.

SR1-SSA1, s. 9 Section 9. Senate rule 50 (1) is amended to read:

SR1-SSA1,3,24 Senate Rule 50 (1) No standing committee shall report any substitute or amendment for any proposal originating in either house referred to such committee nor shall the senate consider any substitute or amendment which relates to a different subject, is intended to accomplish a different purpose, would require a relating clause essentially different from the relating clause of the original proposal or would totally alter the nature of the original proposal.

SR1-SSA1, s. 10 Section 10. Transmittal to assembly and governor. Immediately upon the adoption of this resolution, the chief clerk shall transmit copies thereof to the assembly and to the governor, notifying both that the 1997-98 senate is organized for the conduct of its business.

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