GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 2000

S	Simple 
	Resolution 
	Adopted 
SENATE RESOLUTION 1
Adopted 4/5/00

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Sponsors: Senator Rand.
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Referred to:  
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April 5, 2000

A SENATE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PERMANENT RULES OF THE SENATE FOR THE EXTRA SESSION, 2000, OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Be it resolved by the Senate:
Section 1.  The permanent rules of the 1999 Regular Session, with the following amendments, are the rules governing the Extra Session, 2000, of the General Assembly:
Rule 34.1. Committee of the Whole.
It shall be in order to move into the Committee of the Whole.  The President Pro Tempore is chairman of the Committee of the Whole.
Rule 40.  Introduction of bills.
Every bill introduced shall contain on the outside cover the title of the document and the name of the Senator or Senators presenting it.  Bills shall be delivered by the primary sponsor of the document to the Senate Principal Clerk within one hour after adoption of this resolution.  The Principal Clerk shall receive, number, and present said bill to the Senate for first reading.
Rule 40.1.  Limitation on resolutions and bills.
The only resolutions that may be introduced or considered in the Senate are resolutions adjourning the Extra Session sine die.  No bills, parts thereof, or amendments thereto may be introduced or considered in the Senate unless requested by the Governor's Proclamation dated March 30, 2000, convening the Extra Session: for the purpose of considering the adoption of a State law setting a maximum appeal bond for noncompensatory damages at twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000). This rule may not be suspended.
Rule 41.  (Reserved).
Rule 42.  Reference of appropriation and finance bills.
(a)	All bills introduced in the Senate providing for appropriations from the State, or any subdivision thereof shall, before being considered by the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations or the Committee of the Whole, and bills referred to other committees, other than the Committee of the Whole, carrying any such provisions shall be reported to the Senate as being bills to be referred to the Appropriations Committee before proper action may be taken by the Senate.
Rule 43.  First reading; reference to committee.
All bills introduced and all House bills received upon a message from the House of Representatives, upon presentation to the Senate, shall be read in the regular order of business by their number and title which shall constitute the first reading of the bill.  The Chairman of the Rules and Operation of the Senate Committee or, in his absence, the Vice-Chairman of the Committee shall refer to a Senate committee all bills introduced in the Senate.  Upon the referral being made, the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Operation of the Senate shall notify the Principal Clerk of the Senate of the referral, and the Reading Clerk shall announce the referral of the bill.  The Principal Clerk shall inform the Presiding Officer of the referral.  The title and referral shall be entered upon the Journal.
Rule 43.1.  Second reading.
All bills reported by committee shall be placed before the Senate for second reading and immediate consideration upon passage.
Rule 50.  Third reading requirements.
When a bill or resolution has passed its second reading, it shall be placed on the calendar for immediate consideration on its third reading, unless prohibited by Article II, Section 23 of the Constitution.
Rule 56.1.  Amendments and committee substitutes adopted by the House to bills originating in the Senate.
(a)	Whenever the House has adopted an amendment or a committee substitute for a bill originating in the Senate, and has returned the bill to the Senate for concurrence in that amendment or committee substitute, the Senate may concur in that amendment or committee substitute on the same legislative day.
Rule 59. (Reserved).
Section 2.  This resolution is effective upon adoption.