Notice for Committee Substitutions

Assembly Resolution No. 32 BY: M. of A. Kolb AMENDING subdivision c of section 1 of Rule I of the Assembly Rules, in relation to substitution of committee members; and amending section 2 of Rule IV of the Assembly Rules, in relation to substitution of committee members RESOLVED, that subdivision c of section 1 of Rule I of the Assembly Rules is amended to read as follows: c. possess the powers and perform the duties herein prescribed. The Speaker: (1) shall preserve order and decorum, name the member entitled to the floor when more than one member seeks to be recognized and, in debate, prevent personal reflections and confine members to the question under discussion; (2) shall decide all questions of order subject to appeal to the House and on every appeal shall have the right, from the Chair, to assign the reason for such decision; in case of such appeal no member shall speak more than once, nor for more than 15 minutes; (3) shall appoint the chairpersons and members of all committees thereof, except where the House shall otherwise order; (4) shall not appoint a substitution for a member of a committee unless twenty-four hour notice is given to the ranking minority member of such committee; (5) shall create such sub-committees of each standing committee, jointly with the chairperson of the standing committee, as may be deemed necessary; [(5)] (6) shall appoint the chairpersons and members of all sub-committees thereof, except where the House shall otherwise order; [(6)] (7) may designate by an appointment in writing duly entered upon the Journal of the House, any member to perform the duties of the Chair for a period not exceeding five consecutive legislative days, but for no longer period, except by special consent of the House and the member so designated shall be, during the time designated, vested with all the powers and duties conferred by these rules and section 40 of the legislative law; [(7)] (8) shall not be required to vote in ordinary legislative proceedings, except where such vote would be decisive; [(8)] (9) shall be a member and Chairperson of the Committee on Rules; [(9)] (10) shall appoint a Majority Leader, who shall be a member of the Committee on Rules, and who, together with the Minority Leader, shall be a member ex-officio of all other standing committees of the House, and entitled to the same rights and privileges as other members of said committees except the right to vote; [(10)] (11) shall appoint such other officers as he or she deems necessary to the conduct of the affairs of the Assembly; [(11)] (12) may direct a standing committee to conduct any investigation which the Assembly or a committee thereof is authorized to conduct, provided, however, that the Speaker may not so direct the Committee on Oversight, Analysis and Investigation unless requested in writing by a majority of the membership of such Committee; [(12)] (13) shall execute the judgment of the House, without debate, in cases of adjudged breach of its privileges; and [(13)] (14) may create such task forces of the Assembly as he or she may deem necessary or advisable and shall appoint the chairperson and members of each such task force. [(14)] (15) shall adopt rules and regulations, and take such other measures as may be necessary to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a system of internal controls and a program of internal control review for the Assembly in accordance with the guidelines set forth in Rule VII hereof. RESOLVED, that section 2 of Rule IV of the Assembly Rules is amended to read as follows: § 2. Meetings of standing committees. a. Meetings of standing committees. Standing committees shall hold meetings at a regular weekly time and day as scheduled by the committee chairperson in consultation with the committee coordinators, as designated by the Speaker, and such set time shall be posted on the Assembly committee board and Assembly Internet site. The weekly committee schedule shall be available the preceding Thursday, as provided for in subdivision b of this section. If on the first Tuesday of any month of the regular legislative session, excluding January, a standing committee shall have 50 or more bills pending committee action, such committee shall be required to meet at least once during such month to consider legislation. b. Each chairperson of a standing committee shall, by the Thursday of the week preceding, furnish to the Speaker, the Majority and Minority Leaders, and make available in written or electronic format to each member of such committee, a copy of the agenda of all meetings scheduled for the following week, together with a copy of the introducer's memorandum for each bill listed on such agenda. Further, each chairperson shall furnish to the Speaker, the Majority and Minority Leaders and to the ranking minority member of such committee, a list of all bills referred to such committee to date together with the above agenda and memoranda. In addition, copies of such agenda shall be made available not later than such Thursday to representatives of the news media and to the general public by the filing thereof with the Legislative Library and the Assembly Public Information Office, and shall be made available on the Assembly Internet site and the Legislative Retrieval System. The notice provisions of this subdivision and of subdivision c shall not apply to the Committee on Rules. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall be deemed to waive any of the provisions of article seven of the Public Officers Law known as the "Open Meetings Law". c. The chairperson of a standing committee may call a special meeting or add or delete items on the agenda of a regular meeting by giving twenty-four hour notice of the agenda of such special meeting or such additions or deletions in the same manner and to the same extent as notice of agenda for regular meetings, provided, however, that such notice shall not be required if a message of necessity has been received from the governor in connection with the bill under consideration or the ranking minority member of the committee consents thereto. d. The chairperson of a standing committee may not permit a substitution for a member of such committee unless twenty-four hour notice of the substitution is given to the ranking minority member of the committee. e. All standing committee meetings shall be open to representatives of the news media and general public, except that the committee, upon a two-thirds vote of the members of the committee present or upon a majority vote of the total membership of the committee, whichever is the greater, may hold an executive session at which only members of such committee shall be in attendance. The subjects to be acted upon at the executive session shall be limited to the subjects enumerated in section one hundred five of the Public Officers Law. No bill shall be voted upon at such executive session. No committee shall vote to report any bill unless a majority of all the members thereof is actually present. The affirmative vote of a majority of all the members appointed to a standing committee shall be necessary to every report. The negative vote of such a majority shall be necessary to defeat a bill in committee. No proxy vote shall be valid. [e.] f. At the conclusion of a committee meeting the committee clerk of such committee shall deliver to the Office of Journal Operations a roll call on each of the bills considered by the committee and on each vote to hold an executive session indicating the attendance of the members and the ayes and nays. Such roll call shall be reproduced not later than 24 hours after transmittal to such Office and shall be made available for inspection by the general public and representatives of the news media in the Assembly Public Information Office, the Assembly Internet site and the Legislative Retrieval System. [f.] g. The report of a committee upon any matter referred to it other than a bill, may include a brief statement of the opinion of any member or members of the committee voting in either the majority or minority. [g.] h. The audio and/or video broadcast of committee meetings shall be made available on the Assembly Internet site when practicable, and shall be subject to the same requirements as apply to televised proceedings of Assembly sessions pursuant to Rule X.