AR28: Resolution Text

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

2005 Assembly RESOLUTION 28

June 28, 2005 - Introduced by Representative Schneider. Referred to Committee on Rules.

AR28,1,2 To amend assembly rule 32 (1) (a) and assembly rule 39 (1); relating to: the prohibition against memorializing the federal government.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, in the assembly rules, there exists a prohibition against the offering of any assembly joint resolution or resolution memorializing Congress or any branch or officer of the federal government, a prohibition against the assembly receiving a senate joint resolution memorializing Congress or any branch or officer of the federal government, and a requirement that each such senate joint resolution be transmitted back to the senate immediately after the message referring to the senate joint resolution is read. This resolution exempts from these rules any joint resolution or resolution that memorializes Congress or any branch or officer of the federal government opposing the secretary of defense's use of a machine to sign letters to the survivors of members of the armed forces killed in Iraq.

AR28,1,3 Resolved by the assembly, That:

AR28, s. 1 Section 1. Assembly rule 32 (1) (a) is amended to read:

AR28,2,13 Assembly Rule 32 (1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, messages from the senate or from the governor may be received and read, and any proposal referenced in the messages that is a senate proposal initially received for consideration of the assembly shall be referred and any other proposals referenced in the messages shall be taken up immediately unless referred by the presiding officer to a standing committee or to the calendar. Any messages from the senate referring to a senate joint resolution memorializing Congress or any branch or officer of the federal government that is received for consideration of the assembly may be read but the senate joint resolution may not be received for consideration. The, unless the senate joint resolution memorializes Congress or any branch or officer of the federal government opposing the secretary of defense's use of a machine to sign letters to the survivors of members of the armed forces killed in Iraq. Any senate joint resolution that does not memorialize Congress or any branch or officer of the federal government opposing the secretary of defense's use of a machine to sign letters to the survivors of members of the armed forces killed in Iraq shall be transmitted to the senate immediately after the message is read;

AR28, s. 2 Section 2. Assembly rule 39 (1) is amended to read:

AR28,2,22 Assembly Rule 39 (1) Except as otherwise provided in joint rule 83 (2) and this subsection, any member or standing committee may introduce or offer proposals in the assembly on any day of the biennial legislative session. No member or standing committee may offer any assembly joint resolution or resolution memorializing Congress or any branch or officer of the federal government, unless the assembly joint resolution or resolution memorializes Congress or any branch or officer of the federal government opposing the secretary of defense's use of a machine to sign letters to the survivors of members of the armed forces killed in Iraq.

AR28,2,23 (End)