 
Assembly Resolution No. 493
 
BY: M. of A. Peoples-Stokes
 
        AMENDING  section 6 of Rule V and section 10 of Rule
        IV  of  the  Assembly  rules,  in  relation  to  the
        consideration of bills
 
  RESOLVED,  That subdivision b of section 6 of Rule V of the Assembly
Rules is amended to read as follows:
 
  b. Unless otherwise provided by these Rules, no  member  shall  speak,
except  in  his  or her place, nor more than [twice] once on any bill or
amendment, without leave of the House and no member shall speak for more
than fifteen minutes [at a time] except by consent of two-thirds of  the
members  present[;].  The  floor leader of each conference or his or her
designee may be granted a second, additional fifteen  minutes  to  speak
during  the  debate  on any bill or amendment. Consideration of any bill
and amendment shall not exceed five hours; with four hours allocated for
debate and up to one hour allocated for explanations of vote;  provided,
however that a member desiring to explain his or her vote upon the final
passage  of  a  bill  or  upon the passage of a resolution requiring the
expenditure of money may make a  brief  statement,  not  to  exceed  two
minutes,  in  explanation  of  such  vote;  and further provided that in
addition to the foregoing, the sponsor of a bill may  make  a  statement
not  to  exceed  five  minutes for the purpose of opening debate on such
bill.   Except as otherwise  provided  by  these  Rules  for  concurrent
resolutions,  no  member shall speak more than once and for no more than
five minutes on any resolution without leave of the House.    Debate  on
any resolution, except as otherwise provided, shall be limited to thirty
minutes. Members may be granted permission to submit a written statement
to  extend  upon their remarks on the floor for the record; such remarks
must comply in all respects with the rules and customs and practices  of
the House relating to debate to be included in the record.
 
  RESOLVED,  That  subparagraph (d) of paragraph 1 of subdivision b of
section 10 of Rule IV of the  Assembly  Rules  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
 
  (d)  the  review  of  each message of necessity issued by the Governor
pursuant to Article III of the Constitution and the ordering of  a  bill
to  a  special  order  of  second  and  third reading for which any such
message has been issued[; provided, however that prior to  the  ordering
of a
 
  bill for second and third reading, such message must be accepted by an
affirmative  vote  of  a majority of all the members of the Committee on
Rules];
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