2015-09-10                     Senate Journal                      Page 1449
OFFICIAL HEADING; SPONSORS                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
On page 9, delete the following paragraph:                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
      Under an amendment approved by Legislative Council on                                                                     
      February 19, 1993, if "two or more members of the same                                                                    
      house prefile identical bills or joint resolutions and wish to                                                            
      jointly sponsor one of them, they may do so."  All                                                                        
      members so joining must agree.  This amendment                                                                            
      provides that they would become joint prime sponsors of                                                                   
      the first measure prefiled.  The other measure or measures                                                                
      would then be withdrawn.  In addition, two or more                                                                        
      members of the same house may jointly request a measure                                                                   
      for prefile.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The "Official Heading; Sponsors" section, as amended, is set out in the                                                         
attached addendum to the Manual of Legislative Drafting.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The Division of Legal and Research Services will make additional                                                                
conforming amendments to remove other references to "joint prime                                                                
sponsors" in the 2017 edition of the Manual of Legislative Drafting."                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB 72                                                                                                                         
The following was received and is on file in the Office of the                                                                  
Secretary of the Senate:                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Letter dated June 5 from the Division of Legislative Finance                                                                    
identifying the fiscal notes included in the packet (page 1190) that                                                            
accompanied CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL                                                                                        
NO. 72(brf sup maj fld H) "An Act making appropriations for the                                                                 
operating and loan program expenses of state government and for                                                                 
certain programs and capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; and                                                           
providing for an effective date" which was adopted by the House and                                                             
Senate on April 27.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The itemized fiscal notes are as follows:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SB 46 MUNI BOND BK;REG HEALTH ORGS;JT ACT AGNCY                                                                                 
 Fiscal Note No. 2, Department of Revenue