2015 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 215
BY SENATORS LAFLEUR, ADLEY, ALLAIN, AMEDEE, APPEL, BROOME,
BUFFINGTON, CHABERT, CORTEZ, CROWE, DONAHUE,
DORSEY-COLOMB, GALLOT, HEITMEIER, JOHNS, KOSTELKA,
LONG, MILLS, MORRELL, MORRISH, MURRAY, NEVERS,
PEACOCK, PERRY, GARY SMITH, JOHN SMITH, TARVER,
THOMPSON, WARD AND WHITE
A RESOLUTION
To amend and readopt Senate Rule 3.2(A) of the Rules of Order of the Senate and to adopt
Senate Rule 3.1.1 of the Rules of Order of the Senate relative to the selection of the
officers of the Senate; to provide for nomination of officers by secret ballot prior to
election and to provide for the time of nomination and election.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana amends and
readopts Senate Rule 3.2(A) and adopts Senate Rule 3.1.1 of the Rules of Order of the
Senate to read as follows:
Rule 3.1.1. Nomination of officers; selection procedure
A. Immediately after the members take the oath of office on the second
Monday in January, after their election every four years, the members of the
Senate shall be eligible for selection, by secret ballot, and in the order named,
for President and President Pro Tempore. The members of the Senate shall
nominate for selection a Secretary and a Sergeant at Arms. A nominee for each
office shall be selected and nominated by a majority vote of the members
elected. The Secretary shall conduct the nomination and selection process for
the nominees for each office. Any Senator may observe the nomination and
selection process.
B. In the event there are more than two candidates nominated for
selection for an office and if after balloting no candidate receives a majority
vote for nomination to an office, a second ballot shall be cast between the two
candidates receiving the highest number of votes for selection and nomination
for an office.
C. Upon the selection of one nominee for each office, the nominee shall
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be elected as provided in Rules 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, and 3.8.
Rule 3.2. President; election; removal; vacancy
A. Immediately after the members take the oath of office on the second
Monday in January after their election every four years , the The President shall be
elected by the affirmative vote of at least twenty members. The vote shall be viva
voce.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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