Bill Text: MS SC536 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Joint Rules of the Senate and House; revise conference report adoption deadline for appropriation/revenue bills.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-23 - Died In Committee [SC536 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-SC536-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Senator(s) Nunnelee

Senate Concurrent Resolution 536

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO AMEND JOINT RULE NO. 40 TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR THE FINAL ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORTS ON APPROPRIATION AND REVENUE BILLS SHALL BE ON MONDAY, THE 84TH DAY OF A 90-DAY SESSION.

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That Joint Rule No. 40 is amended to read as follows:

     40.  TIMETABLE FOR PROCESSING LEGISLATION

     90-day      2008 Regular

     Session     Session

     9th day     23rd day   Deadline for making requests for

                           general bills and constitutional

                           amendments to be drafted.***

     14th day    28th day   Deadline for introduction of general

                           bills and constitutional amendments.*

     29th day    43rd day   Deadline for committees to report

                           general bills and constitutional

                           amendments originating in own house.*+

     38th day    52nd day   Deadline for original floor action

                           on general bills and constitutional

                           amendments originating in own

                           house.*

     39th day    53rd day   Deadline for reconsideration and

                           passage of general bills and

                           constitutional amendments originating

                           in own house.*

     42nd day    56th day   Deadline to dispose of motions to

                           reconsider general bills and

                           constitutional amendments originating

                           in own house.*

     51st day    65th day   Deadline for original floor action

                           on appropriation and revenue bills

                           originating in own house.

     52nd day    66th day   Deadline for reconsideration and

                           passage of appropriation and

                           revenue bills originating in own

                           house.

     53rd day    67th day   Deadline to dispose of motions to

                           reconsider appropriation and

                           revenue bills originating in own

                           house.

     57th day    71st day   Deadline for committees to report

                           general bills and constitutional

                           amendments originating in other                               house.*+

     65th day    79th day   Deadline for original floor action

                           on general bills and constitutional

                           amendments originating in other

                           house.*

     66th day    80th day   Deadline for reconsideration and

                           passage of general bills and

                           constitutional amendments originating

                           in other house.*

     67th day    81st day   Deadline to dispose of motions to

                           reconsider general bills and

                           constitutional amendments originating                         in other house.*

     71st day    85th day   Deadline for original floor action

                           on appropriation and revenue bills

                           originating in other house.

     72nd day    86th day   Deadline for reconsideration and

                           passage of appropriation and

                           revenue bills originating in other

                           house.

     73rd day    87th day   Deadline to dispose of motions to

                           reconsider appropriation and

                           revenue bills originating in other

                           house.

     74th day    88th day   Deadline to concur or not concur in

                           amendments from other house to

                           appropriation and revenue bills, and

                           for introduction of local and private

                           bills that are revenue bills.

     77th day    91st day   Deadline to dispose of motions to

                           reconsider concurrence or

                           nonconcurrence in appropriation and

                           revenue bills.

     79th day    93rd day   Deadline for conference reports on

                           appropriation and revenue bills to

                           be filed.**+

     80th day    94th day   Deadline to concur or not concur

                           in amendments from other house to

                           general bills and constitutional

                           amendments.

     81st day    95th day   Deadline * * * for introduction

                           of local and private bills that

                           are not revenue bills.

     84th day    98th day   Deadline for final adoption of                                    conference reports on appropriation                                and revenue bills**, and for                                   conference reports on general bills                                and constitutional amendments to be

                           filed.**+

     85th day    99th day   Deadline to dispose of motions to

                           reconsider conference reports on

                           appropriation and revenue bills.

     86th day   100th day   Deadline for first consideration

                           of conference reports on general

                           bills and constitutional amendments.

     87th day   101st day   Deadline for filing conference

                           reports on general bills and

                           constitutional amendments that had

                           been recommitted for further

                           conference.+

     88th day   102nd day   Deadline for adoption of

                           conference reports on general bills

                           and constitutional amendments

                           after recommittal.

     89th day   103rd day   Deadline to dispose of motions to

                           reconsider conference reports on

                           general bills and constitutional

                           amendments, and sine die.

     *Appropriation, revenue, and local and private bills, and bills to restore suffrage are excluded from these deadlines.  For purposes of the deadlines herein set forth, the term "revenue bills" shall include only those bills whose primary purpose is to increase or decrease taxes or to authorize the issuance of bonds or the borrowing of money.  Bills which are primarily for regulatory purposes which have revenue provisions included shall not be considered as revenue bills for deadline purposes.  The deletion from a bill of the features which made it a revenue bill shall render the bill a general bill for deadline purposes.

     **Conference reports on all bills must be filed with the Secretary/Clerk no later than the time of adjournment on the day prior to being called up and considered.  Appropriation bills which actually appropriate money and are recommitted for further conference are excluded from the requirement that the subsequent conference report be filed and lay on table one (1) day before being considered; however, original action must be taken on all appropriation conference reports by 2:00 p.m. on the 81st/95th day and subsequent reports must be filed no later than 6:00 p.m.

     ***Requests for general bills and constitutional amendments to be drafted must be made no later than 8:00 p.m. on the 9th/23rd day.  The Rules Committee of the House or Senate, as the case may be, may authorize any member of its respective house to make requests, for one or more general bills or constitutional amendments to be drafted, after the expiration of the deadline for making such drafting requests but before the deadline for introduction of bills and constitutional amendments, upon a determination by the Rules Committee that such drafting requests are in response to conditions of an emergency nature arising subsequent to the deadline for making requests for general bills and constitutional amendments to be drafted.

     +Committee reports and conference reports that are subject to being filed on these deadlines must be filed with the Secretary/Clerk no later than 8:00 p.m.

     Whenever the word "day" appears in this rule, it shall mean calendar day.

     The above schedule shall not be deviated from except by the passage of a concurrent resolution adopted by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the membership of the House and Senate present and voting.

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