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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 11154 1 of 3 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Senate Resolution No. |
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| 7 | 7 | | July Special Session, 2019 |
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| 8 | 8 | | LCO No. 11154 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Referred to Committee on No Committee |
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| 14 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SEN. DUFF, 25 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Dist. |
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| 23 | 23 | | RESOLUTION CONCERNIN G THE RULES OF THE SENATE FOR THE |
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| 24 | 24 | | JULY SPECIAL SESSION, 2019. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Resolved by the Senate: |
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| 27 | 27 | | That the rules of the Senate at this Special Session shall be the same 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | as the rules of the Senate in force at the 2019 regular session, except as 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | said rules are amended, altered or repealed in this resolution. 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Strike out Rules 7, 9, 13, 17 and 18 and insert in lieu thereof the 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | following: 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 9. A bill or resolution certified in accordance with section 2-26 of the 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | general statutes, if filed in the House, may be transmitted to and acted 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | upon first by the Senate with the consent of the speaker; and if filed in 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the Senate, may be transmitted to and acted upon first by the House 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | with the consent of the President Pro Tempore. 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Strike out Rule 19 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 19. The order of business shall be as follows: 12 Senate Resolution No. |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 11154 2 of 3 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 1. Reception of communications from the Governor and the 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Secretary of the State. 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2. Introduction of bills and resolutions. 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 3. Reception of business from the House. 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 4. Introduction of guests. 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Strike out Rule 29 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 29. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | except: 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 1. To adjourn. 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2. To recess. 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 3. For the previous question. 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | 4. To close the debate at a specified time. 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 5. To pass temporarily. 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 6. To pass retain. 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 7. To postpone to a certain time. 27 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 8. To divide the question. 28 |
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| 59 | 59 | | 9. To amend. 29 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 10. To postpone indefinitely. 30 |
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| 61 | 61 | | These several motions shall have precedence in the order listed in 31 |
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| 62 | 62 | | this rule, and no motion to continue to the next General Assembly or to 32 |
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| 63 | 63 | | postpone indefinitely, having been once decided, shall be again 33 |
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| 64 | 64 | | allowed at the same session and at the same state of the bill or subject 34 |
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| 65 | 65 | | matter. 35 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Strike out Rule 30 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 36 Senate Resolution No. |
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| 69 | 69 | | LCO No. 11154 3 of 3 |
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| 71 | 71 | | 30. Amendments shall be filed with the clerk of the Senate. 37 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Any member who offers an amendment, originating in the Senate 38 |
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| 73 | 73 | | which, if adopted, would reduce state revenues or increase state 39 |
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| 74 | 74 | | expenditures by a specified amount or which would involve a 40 |
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| 75 | 75 | | significant fiscal impact, shall make available to the president, 41 |
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| 76 | 76 | | president pro tempore, the majority leader of the Senate and the 42 |
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| 77 | 77 | | minority leader of the Senate at the time the amendment is offered, in 43 |
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| 78 | 78 | | addition to a fiscal note, a signed and typewritten explanation, of the 44 |
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| 79 | 79 | | decrease in expenditures or the source of the increased revenues 45 |
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| 80 | 80 | | required to balance the state budget. 46 |
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| 81 | 81 | | Whenever a bill is substantively amended, it may be referred to the 47 |
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| 82 | 82 | | legislative commissioners to be re-examined for the purposes set forth 48 |
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| 83 | 83 | | in Rule 13 of the Joint Rules for the 2019 regular session and to be 49 |
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| 84 | 84 | | reprinted as amended. The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall 50 |
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| 85 | 85 | | complete its examination of any such bill within three calendar days of 51 |
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| 86 | 86 | | its receipt. The bill shall then be transmitted to the clerk. 52 |
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| 87 | 87 | | Add a new Rule 37 as follows: 53 |
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| 88 | 88 | | 37. Only those bills and substantive resolutions specified in 54 |
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| 89 | 89 | | paragraph 1 of Rule 7 of the Joint Rules for this Special Session, 55 |
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| 90 | 90 | | certified as provided in Rule 9 of said Joint Rules, and, except as 56 |
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| 91 | 91 | | provided in Rule 33 of said Joint Rules, only those resolutions 57 |
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| 92 | 92 | | pertaining to the rules of this Special Session, the printing of the 58 |
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| 93 | 93 | | journals of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the 59 |
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| 94 | 94 | | expenses of this Special Session, shall be received. 60 |
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