GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE RESOLUTION 1268

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Sponsors: Senator Winner.
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Referred to:  Rules and Operation of the Senate.
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May 11, 1989

A SENATE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE PERMANENT RULES OF THE SENATE FOR THE 1989 SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO CLARIFY THAT PAIRS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN SENATE COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES.
Be it resolved by the Senate:
Section 1. Rule 27 of the Permanent Senate Rules for the 1989 Session, as contained in Senate Resolution 143 adopted on March 20, 1989, reads as rewritten:
"RULE  27.  Pairs.– (a)	If a Senator is paired with another Senator on a question, the Senator shall announce the pair as follows:  ‘Mr. President, I desire to announce a pair.  If Senator _____ were present, he would vote _____;  I would vote _____ (the opposite).'  The Senator shall send forward at that time a written statement of the pair on a form provided by the Principal Clerk and neither member of the pair shall vote on the question.  A pair shall be announced before the vote is taken viva voce, or if the electronic voting system is used, before the machine is unlocked.  The Clerk shall record the pair on the Journal when the Constitution or Rules of the Senate require a call of the roll and shall record on the electronic system print-out all pairs announced.
(b)	This rule does not apply to committee or subcommittee proceedings."
Sec. 2.  This resolution is effective upon adoption.