2019-E989

Amends Assembly Rule VI relating to the opening day of session during a state of emergency

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2019-E989



Assembly Resolution No. 989

BY: M. of A. Peoples-Stokes

amending sections 1 and 4 of Rule VI of the
Assembly Rules, in relation to the opening day of
session during a state of emergency

RESOLVED, That section 1 of Rule VI of the Assembly rules is amended
to read as follows:

Section 1. Opening Day. Pursuant to section four of Article XIII of
the Constitution, the Assembly shall convene on the first Wednesday
after the first Monday in January at 12:00 noon in the Assembly Chamber,
except that during a period of declared state or national state of
temporary emergency the Assembly may convene in accordance with any
emergency procedures employed by the prior Assembly.

RESOLVED, That section 4 of Rule VI of the Assembly rules is amended
to read as follows:

ยง 4. Continuity and Applicability. [Section] Sections one and two of
this Rule shall continue and apply on the first Wednesday following the
first Monday in January following a general election of the Members of
Assembly, notwithstanding that the rules of the House have not yet been
adopted by the Members of Assembly, unless otherwise provided by the
Members of Assembly present.

actions

  • 16 / Dec / 2020
    • INTRODUCED
  • 21 / Dec / 2020
    • ADOPTED

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