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STATE OF MAINE
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In Senate__________
ORDERED, the House concurring, that the Joint Rules be amended by amending Joint
Rule 302 to read:
Rule 302. Membership.
Each Except for the joint standing committee having jurisdiction over appropriations and
financial affairs, each of the joint standing committees consists of 13 members, 3 from the
Senate and 10 from the House of Representatives. The joint standing committee having
jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs consists of 21 members, 5 from the Senate
and 16 from the House of Representatives. The first Senate member named is the Senate chair.
The first House member named is the House chair. The Senate chair shall preside and in the
Senate chair's absence, the House chair shall preside and, thereafter, as the need may arise, the
chair shall alternate between the members from each chamber in the sequence of their
appointment to the committee. The sequence of appointment for the biennium is as announced
by the presiding officers in each chamber. Every member of the Senate and the House of
Representatives is entitled to at least one initial committee assignment.
SPONSORED BY: ___________________________________
(Senator BENNETT, R.)
COUNTY: Oxford