H.R. 4

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HOUSE RULES RESOLUTION - RULES
2 COMMITTEE POWER
3 2002 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Chad E. Bennion
6 This resolution modifies House Rules by revising the powers of the House Rules Committee.
7 This act takes effect immediately.
8 This resolution affects legislative rules as follows:
9 AMENDS:
10 HR-24.01
11 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. HR-24.01 is amended to read:
13 HR-24.01. House Rules Committee.
14 (1) All legislation introduced shall be submitted to the House Rules Committee.
15 (2) (a) The House Rules Committee has all the powers, functions, and duties of a standing
16 committee when it:
17 (i) prepares the House Rules and Joint Rules and presents them to the House before
18 adjournment on the second day of each annual general session; or
19 (ii) reviews all House Rules or Joint Rules resolutions.
20 (b) Rules resolutions reviewed by House Rules Committee shall be reported directly to the
21 House for its approval, amendment, or disapproval.
22 (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (6), when meeting as a standing committee under this
23 Subsection (2), persons other than committee members may make comments and
24 recommendations at the discretion of the chair.
25 (3) For all legislation not specified in Subsection (2) that is referred to the House Rules
26 Committee, the committee shall:
27 (a) (i) examine each bill for proper form, including fiscal note and interim committee note,

28 if any, and, when in proper form, order the bills printed; and
29 (ii) in extraordinary circumstances, recommend to the House that a bill be printed without
30 a fiscal note; and
31 (b) refer bills to the House with a recommendation:
32 (i) that the legislation be referred to a standing committee for consideration; or
33 (ii) that the legislation be read the second time and placed on the third reading calendar.
34 (4) In carrying out its functions and responsibilities under Subsection (3), the House Rules
35 Committee may not:
36 [(a) table a bill without the written consent of the sponsor;]
37 [(b)] (a) report out any [bill] legislation that has been tabled by a standing committee;
38 [(c)] (b) amend [a bill] legislation without the written consent of the sponsor;
39 [(d)] (c) substitute [a bill] legislation without the written consent of the sponsor; or
40 [(e)] (d) sponsor [a bill] legislation, except for the revisor's bill.
41 (5) When this committee is carrying out the functions and responsibilities of Subsection
42 (3), this committee shall:
43 (a) during a legislative session, give notice of its meetings by either:
44 (i) providing oral notice from the floor of the time and place of its next meeting; or
45 (ii) when oral notice is impractical, post written notice of its next meeting;
46 (b) when the Legislature is not in session, post a notice of meeting at least 24 hours before
47 the meeting convenes;
48 (c) have as its agenda all bills in its possession for assignment to committee; and
49 (d) prepare minutes that include a record, by individual legislator, of votes taken.
50 (6) Anyone may attend a meeting of the rules committee, but comments and discussion
51 are limited to members of the committee.
52 Section 2. Effective date.
53 This resolution takes effect upon approval by a constitutional majority vote of all members
54 of the House of Representatives.

Legislative Review Note
as of 1-15-02 10:51 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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