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HR 30 Original 2015 Regular Session Richard
Abstract: Provides that the Committee on Appropriations is comprised of 21 members, six
appointed and 15 elected members. Provides that the Speaker appoints six members from
the state at large. For the 15 elected members, provides that three are elected from each of
the five PSC districts. Provides that the members of the committee elect the chairman and
vice chairman of the committee.
Present House Rule provides that the Committee on Appropriations is comprised of 25 members,
seven elected (one each by the members residing in each congressional district, respectively) and
18 appointed by the Speaker. Of the appointed members, one of the
appointed members shall be a resident of each of the Public Service Commission districts
respectively, one of the appointed members shall be a resident of each of the congressional districts
respectively, and six members shall be appointed from the state at large.
Proposed House Rule provides instead that the committee is comprised of 21 members, 15 elected
and six appointed by the Speaker. The six appointed members shall be appointed from the state at
large and shall be appointed on the first day of the organizational session of the legislature. Of the
15 elected members, three shall be residents of and elected by the members residing in each Public
Service Commission district respectively. Further specifies that in the case of a vacancy of an
elected member, the vacancy election shall be held from the Public Service Commission district as
it existed at the time of the original election.
Present House Rule provides that the Speaker shall appoint a chairman and a vice chairman for each
standing committee. Proposed House Rule excepts the Committee on Appropriations and provides
instead that the members of the committee shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from among
the members of the committee. Specifies that the elected member of the committee with the most
years of service as a member of the House, and in the case of equal service, on the committee, shall
call a meeting to be held during the organizational session of the legislature. Specifies that the
member with the most years of service as a member of the House, and if applicable, on the
committee, shall preside over the meeting until a chairman is elected, unless the member with the
most years of service is a candidate to be elected as chairman or vice chairman of the committee,
then the next most senior member who is not a candidate shall preside over the meeting until a
chairman is elected.
Effective Nov. 21, 2015, for election and other specified purposes; effective for all purposes on Jan.
11, 2016. (Amends House Rules 6.2 and 6.4(A), (B), (C), and (D); Adds House Rule 6.4(G))