GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1998

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HOUSE RESOLUTION 1

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Sponsors: Representative Morgan.

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Referred to:  

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March 24, 1998

A HOUSE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PERMANENT RULES OF THE 1998 EXTRA SESSION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
Section 1.  The permanent rules of the 1997 Regular Session of the House of Representatives, with the following amendments, are adopted as the permanent rules of the 1998 Extra Session:
(1)	Notwithstanding Rule 1, if the House adjourns on the preceding legislative day without having fixed an hour for reconvening, the House shall convene at 10:00 a.m. on the next legislative day.
(2)	Notwithstanding Rule 26(b), the Appropriations Committee is comprised of the members of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources and such other members as the Speaker appoints.
(3)	Notwithstanding Rule 27, the standing committees and permanent subcommittees of the House are:
Committees	Subcommittees
a.	Appropriations	Human Resources
b.	Finance	(None)
c.	Pensions and Retirement	(None)
d.	Rules, Calendar, and Operations
	of the House	(None)
e.	Human Resources	(None).
	The Speaker may appoint select committees under Rule 26.
(4)	Notwithstanding Rule 31(a), all bills and resolutions shall be introduced by submitting same to the Principal Clerk's office.
(5)	Notwithstanding Rule 31(g), the only resolutions that may be introduced or considered in the House are resolutions adjourning the Extra Session sine die.  All bills shall be excluded from introduction or consideration in the House, other than bills providing for the adoption of a State plan for the purpose of receiving federal money under Title XXI of the Social Security Act for children's health care coverage.
(6)	Notwithstanding Rule 31.1, all bills or resolutions must be introduced not later than 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 1998.
(7)	Notwithstanding Rule 41:
a.	The first reading and reference to a standing committee of a House bill shall occur on the legislative day of its introduction.  The first reading and reference to a standing committee of a Senate bill shall occur on the legislative day of its receipt on messages from the Senate.  Provided that, notwithstanding Rule 32 and Rule 38, if the Senate bill is identical to a House bill already on the calendar, the Speaker may, after first reading, place the Senate bill on the calendar.  The Speaker shall give notice at each subsequent reading whether it be the second or third reading.
b.	No bill shall be read more than once on the same day without the concurrence of a majority  of the members present and voting; provided, no bill governed by Article II, Section 23 of the North Carolina Constitution or described in Rule 20(a)(2) shall be read twice on any one day in any circumstance.
(8)	Notwithstanding Rule 43.2, a Senate amendment to a bill originating in the House may be placed on the calendar for the legislative day on which the House receives the Senate amendment.
(9)	Notwithstanding Rule 43.3(a), whenever the Senate has adopted a committee substitute for a bill originating in the House and has returned the bill to the House for concurrence in that committee substitute, the bill may be placed on the calendar for the legislative day on which the House receives that committee substitute.
(10)	Notwithstanding Rule 44(d), a conference report shall be placed on the calendar for the legislative day of the report.
Section 2.  This resolution is effective upon adoption.