10-R129
2010 -- S 2389
Enacted 03/23/10
S E N A T E R E
S O L U T I O N
AMENDING THE
RULES OF THE SENATE FOR THE YEARS 2009-2010
Introduced By: Senators Maselli, Bates, and Ciccone
Date Introduced: February 11, 2010
RESOLVED,
That rules 1.4, 4.5, 4.7 and 7.7 of the senate rules
adopted by the senate at
its January session, A.D. 2009 and entitled "SENATE
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RULES
OF THE SENATE FOR THE YEARS
2009 AND 2010" be and they are hereby amended to read
as follows:
1.4
Public Bill shall include all bills except:
(i) Those which pertain to a particular city or town;
(ii)
Those which relate to an individual's pension and retirement;
(iii)
Those which pertain to restoration of corporation charters, and to amendments
to
authorized holdings by nonprofit organizations of a charitable,
civic, library or like nature;
(iv) Those which authorize a person other than
those enumerated in
law section 15-3-5 to perform a marriage ceremony,
sometimes known as "bills for solemnization
of marriage".
4.5
Filing with Secretary of the Senate.
All
senators desiring to introduce a bill shall file the bill with the secretary of
the senate
not later than the time at which the presiding officer
calls the senate to order. The secretary of the
senate shall transmit to the office of the president of the
senate all bills on the day of their
introduction. On the day of introduction, the president shall,
upon adjournment, assign bills to
committee or, where permitted by the rules, to the consent
calendar.
The
secretary of the senate shall cause all bills introduced to be published in the
senate
journal for that day. Any senator may object to the committee
assignment of any bill on the first
or second legislative day following the bill's
introduction. Upon objection being made, the
presiding officer shall assign the bill to the committee
requested by the senator making the
objection; provided, however, that if another senator objects
to any assignment or proposed
assignment of the bill, then the presiding officer shall call
for a vote of the senate on any motion
for assignment which has been made and seconded, such
motion requiring a majority vote of
those Senators present and voting for assignment to a
particular committee. First reading of all
such bills and resolutions shall be by acceptance of the
bill and the committee assignment.
4.7
Omnibus claims against the state, forfeitures of charters and solemnization
of
marriages.
(a)
Claims against the state in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less
shall
not be presented in bill or resolution form, but shall be
submitted to the clerk of the joint
committee on accounts and claims in writing upon a form
approved by the chairperson of the
joint committee on accounts and claims. Any claims approved
by the joint committee shall be
submitted in the form of an omnibus bill which will be placed
upon the consent calendar.
(b)
All acts seeking to vacate the forfeiture of a charter previously granted under
the laws
of the state shall be placed upon the consent calendar.
(c)
All bills for the solemnization of marriages shall be placed upon the consent
calendar.
7.7
Consent Calendar.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of section 7.6, the secretary of the senate shall also
maintain a separate calendar, designated as the consent
calendar, upon which shall be placed
those bills and resolutions required by Rule Rules
4.7 and 4.8 and such other bills as directed by
the president of the senate. Matters on the consent
calendar shall be in order for disposal on each
day and shall include all such matters reported to
referred thereto from the previous day. Such
consent calendar shall be posted in the chamber of the
senate. All matters on the consent calendar
shall be disposed by roll call vote on a single motion
except such matters as may be objected to
by any single senator, which said matter or matters
shall be held over on the regular calendar for
the next day.
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LC01864
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