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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 11
BY SENATOR GUILLORY
A RESOLUTION
To amend and re-adopt Senate Rule No. 9.1(A) of the Rules of Order of the Senate, relative
to the prefiling of instruments; to require that legislation relative to retirement be
prefiled not later than five o'clock p.m. of the forty-fifth calendar day prior to the
start of the regular session.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana that Senate Rule
No. 9.1 of the Rules of Order of the Senate is hereby amended and re-adopted to read as
follows:
Rule 9.1. Time of prefiling; written consent of author
A. At any time between regular sessions, but no later than ten days before the
beginning of a regular session for joint resolutions proposing a constitutional
amendment, or no later than five o'clock in the evening of the forty-fifth calendar
day prior to the first day of a regular session for bills relative to retirement, or
no later than five o'clock in the evening of the tenth calendar day prior to the first
day of a regular session for all other bills, senators may prefile with the Secretary
legislative instruments that are proposed for introduction at the next session.
However, no instrument shall be prefiled between final adjournment of the last
regular session of a legislative term and promulgation of the returns of the general
election for members of the legislature for the next succeeding term. After the
promulgation of the election returns, any member-elect may pre-file instruments for
introduction at the next regular session.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE