00             CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 16(RLS)                                                             
01 Proposing amendments to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature providing                                     
02 that the 2000 edition of "Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure" shall implement the                                  
03 rules; relating to meetings of subcommittees and conference committees; and providing                                   
04 for an effective date for the amendments.                                                                               
05 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
06    * Section 1.  Rule 4, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, is amended to read:                           
07            Rule 4.  Duties of the Presiding Officer.  The presiding officer of each house                             
08       has the duties set forth in Section 575, MASON'S MANUAL OF LEGISLATIVE                                            
09       PROCEDURE, 2000 [1979] edition, when not inconsistent with these Uniform Rules.                               
10       In the absence of the regular presiding officer, the majority leader of the house serving                         
11       ex officio as presiding officer pro tempore shall preside; except that the regular                                
12       presiding officer may temporarily relinquish the chair to any member.                                             
13    * Sec. 2.  Rule 23, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, is amended by adding a                          
14 new subsection to read:                                                                                                 
15            (g)  The provisions of (a) - (d) of this section do not apply to meetings of                                 

01       subcommittees of standing, special, or joint committees or to conference committees.                              
02       Reasonable notice under the circumstances shall be provided for meetings of                                       
03       subcommittees and conference committees.                                                                          
04    * Sec. 3.  Rule 26, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, is amended to read:                             
05            Rule 26.  Decorum in Debate.  Decorum in debate is governed by the                                         
06       provisions of Sections 120 through 126 [127], MASON'S MANUAL OF                                               
07       LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE, 2000 [1979] edition, when not inconsistent with these                                  
08       Uniform Rules.                                                                                                    
09    * Sec. 4.  Rule 55(a), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, is amended to read:                          
10            (a)  The rules of parliamentary practice comprised in MASON'S MANUAL                                         
11       OF LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE, 2000 [1979] edition, implement and govern the                                       
12       Uniform Rules of the Legislature in all cases not covered by these Uniform Rules.                                 
13    * Sec. 5.  The amendments proposed by this resolution take effect July 1, 2003.