CSSCR 22(STA): Proposing amendments to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to the hours for convening and adjourning from daily sessions; and providing for an effective date.
00CS FOR SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 22(STA) 01 Proposing amendments to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature 02 relating to the hours for convening and adjourning from daily sessions; and 03 providing for an effective date. 04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. Rule 13 of the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature is amended to 06 read: 07 RULE 13. HOUR FOR CONVENING AND HOUR FOR ADJOURNING. 08 (a) Each house shall convene daily, except Sunday, at 10:00 a.m., unless otherwise 09 ordered by a majority vote of the members present. However, in no case may a 10 house convene a daily session before 8:00 a.m. 11 * Sec. 2. Rule 13 of the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature is amended by 12 adding a new subsection to read: 13 (b) A house shall adjourn from a daily session by 9:00 p.m., unless otherwise 14 ordered by a majority vote of at least three-fourths of the full membership of that
01 house. If a house is in session at 8:50 p.m., the chief clerk or secretary shall announce 02 the time to the house. This subsection does not apply during a regular session after 03 the one hundred and fifteenth day of that session. 04 * Sec. 3. The amendments proposed by this resolution take effect immediately.