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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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	H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N
	AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS
	2021-2022

	Introduced By: Representatives Newberry, Carson, and Place
	Date Introduced: January 12, 2023
	Referred To: House Rules
1	RESOLVED, That the rules of the House of Representatives adopted by the House of
2	Representatives at its January session, A.D., 2019, entitled "House Resolution Adopting Rules of
3	the House of Representatives for the years 2021 and 2022" be and the same is hereby amended by
4	adding the following new rule thereto:
5	(49) Legislative Grants. All appropriations of legislative grants contained in the budget
6	bill shall be divided and appropriated by amount between the Senate and the House of
7	Representatives. Any amount of legislative grants appropriated and allocated to the Senate shall
8	be distributed in accordance with Senate rules or another method adopted by the Senate.
9	Any amounts of legislative grants appropriated and allocated to the House of
10	Representative shall be equally divided among the seventy-five (75) legislative districts, and the
11	budget bill shall provide that each member may direct the distribution of the legislative grant
12	intended for the district which such member represents by written communication to the Speaker
13	of the House between July 1 and September 30 of each budget year.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N
	AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS
	2021-2022
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1	This resolution would require that all legislative grants allocated to the senate be
2	distributed in accordance with the rules of the Senate and that all legislative grants allocated to
3	the House of Representatives be divided equally among the seventy-five (75) legislative districts.
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