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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 49 By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to legislation; creating the Joint
Committee on Line-Item Legislation; pro viding for
membership; providing for terms; authoriz ing
selection of co-chairs; stating purpose of the
committee; requiring delivery of find ings and
recommendations; providing for codification; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 30.1 of Title 75, unless there
is created a duplication in numberin g, reads as follows:
A. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of
the House of Representatives shall establish a joint rule committee
to be designated the Joint Committee on Line-Item Legislation.
B. The President Pro Tempore shall appoint five current members
of the Senate and the Speaker shall app oint five current members of
the House of Representatives to the Committe e. The President Pro
Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representative s
shall each designate one of their respective appoint ments as co-
chair of the Committee. The members of the committee shall serve at
the pleasure of the presiding officer of th eir respective chambers.
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C. A quorum shall be required t o conduct any business of the
Committee. A quorum shall be a majority of the S enate members and a
majority of the House of Representatives members of the Committee.
D. The Committee shall meet as needed and during sessions of
the Legislature and at regular intervals in the interim.
E. The function of the Committee shall be to develop the
necessary rules and joint rules of each house of t he Legislature for
the implementation of line -item voting procedures for the
consideration of legislation. The Committee may also consider and
issue findings for software updates and estimated costs for the
voting procedures and identification of existing statutes and
constitutional provisions requiring a mendment to allow for line-item
for the consideration of legislation.
F. The Committee shall submi t a report to the Presid ent Pro
Tempore of the Senate and the Speak er of the House of
Representatives by Decemb er 31, 2023, detailing the findings and
recommendations of the Committee.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emerg ency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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