H.R. 2

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HOUSE RULES RESOLUTION - DUTIES OF
2 CHIEF CLERK AMENDMENT
3 2003 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: J. Morgan Philpot
6 This resolution modifies House Rules governing the Chief Clerk. This resolution
7 modifies criteria for paying certain in-session employees and modifies requirements
8 governing placement of materials on House members' desks. This resolution takes effect
9 immediately.
10 This resolution affects legislative rules as follows:
11 AMENDS:
12 HR-20.06
13 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. HR-20.06 is amended to read:
15 HR-20.06. Duties of the Chief Clerk.
16 A Chief Clerk of the House shall be appointed by the Speaker or Speaker-elect before
17 each session is convened. The general duties of the Chief Clerk are to:
18 (1) certify and transmit all bills to the Senate and inform the Senate of all House
19 action;
20 (2) assist the Journal Clerk in preparation of the House Journal and certify it as an
21 accurate reflection of House action;
22 (3) correct the spelling of words, erroneous division and hyphenation of words, correct
23 mistakes in numbering sections and their references, capitalize or decapitalize words, change
24 numbers from words to figures or from figures to words, and underscore or remove
25 underscoring in bills without a motion to amend, which technical corrections may be made
26 either before or following final passage of a bill;
27 (4) modify the long title of any bill or resolution to ensure that the long title accurately

28 reflects any changes to the bill or resolution made by amendment or substitute;
29 (5) (a) supervise all House of Representatives personnel during the session and assign
30 them duties and responsibilities, including keeping a record of the attendance of all employees;
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32 (b) provide that any in-session employee who is absent [without the written consent or
33 subsequent approval of the Speaker] may not be paid for the day or days of absence;
34 (6) be the custodian of all official documents;
35 (7) receive from the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel all numbered
36 bills and resolutions;
37 (8) record the number, title, sponsor, each action, and final disposition of every bill on
38 the bill backs;
39 (9) prepare and distribute the daily order of business each day;
40 (10) advise the Speaker on parliamentary procedure, constitutional requirements, and
41 Joint and House Rules;
42 (11) assist with amendments to bills;
43 (12) record votes and present the results to the Speaker;
44 (13) transmit to the Governor all enrolled House bills; and
45 (14) approve material for placement on the Representative's desks if a House member
46 has authorized that distribution.
47 Section 2. Effective date.
48 This resolution takes effect upon approval by a constitutional majority vote of all
49 members of the House of Representatives.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-16-03 12:07 PM

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

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel