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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 78
BY SENATOR MORRELL
SENATE. Provides relative to testifying before Senate committees.
A RESOLUTION1
To amend and readopt Senate Rule 13.78(B) of the Rules of Order of the Senate relative to2
testifying before committee hearings.3
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana that Senate Rule4
13.78(B) of the Senate Rules of Order is hereby amended and readopted to read as follows:5
Rule 13.78. Hearings; persons to be heard; sworn statement; authority to6
compensate7
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B.(1) Persons desiring to appear before a committee shall notify the9
committee chairman or the committee secretary no later than the beginning of the10
meeting. However, to assure that an opportunity is afforded all persons who desire11
to be heard, the chairman shall inquire at the beginning of the hearing on each matter12
if there are additional persons who wish to be heard. The chairman shall allot the13
time available for the hearing in an equitable manner among those persons who are14
to be heard.15
(2) Each person appearing before a committee shall identify himself and the16
group, organization, or company he represents, if any. Before being allowed to17 SR NO. 78
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testify before the committee, he shall also be required to file with the committee1
chairman or the committee secretary a sworn written statement in the form of2
a signed witness card affirming that his testimony is true and correct. He shall3
then be considered to be under oath while providing such testimony before the4
committee.5
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
Morrell SR No.
Present Senate Rule requires that persons desiring to appear before a committee notify the
committee chairman or the committee secretary no later than the beginning of the meeting.
However, to assure that an opportunity is afforded all persons who desire to be heard, the
chairman shall inquire at the beginning of the hearing on each matter if there are additional
persons who wish to be heard. Requires that the chairman allot the time available for the
hearing in an equitable manner among those persons who are to be heard.
Present Senate Rule requires that each person appearing before a committee identify himself
and the group, organization, or company he represents, if any.
Proposed Senate Rule retains present Senate rule.
Proposed Senate Rule also requires that before being allowed to testify before a committee,
a person must file with the committee chairman or the committee secretary a sworn written
statement in the form of a signed witness card affirming that his testimony is true and
correct. Provides that the person shall then be considered to be under oath while providing
such testimony before the committee.
(Amends Senate Rule 13.78(B))