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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SPECIAL SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Joseph J. Carraro

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

AMENDING LEGISLATIVE JOINT RULE 3-1 PERTAINING TO CONFERENCE

COMMITTEES.

WHEREAS, Legislative Joint Rule 8-1 provides that joint

rules may be adopted, amended or repealed by concurrent

resolution approved by two-thirds of the membership of each

house;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY SENATE, THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, that Joint Rule 3-1 be

amended to read:

"CONFERENCE COMMITTEES (3-1)

If one house refuses to concur in the amendments

made to its bill by the other house, the chief clerk

shall notify the house making the amendments of that

refusal to concur and ask that it recede from its

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amendments. If the amending house refuses to recede

from its amendments, a conference committee,

consisting of [three

] an equal number of

members

from each house, shall be appointed by the president

pro tempore of the senate and the speaker of the

house. Conference committee meetings shall be open

to the public; provided that conference committee

meetings may be closed to the public for good cause

upon a vote of the committee. The time and place of

open conference committee meetings shall be

announced on the public address system and posted at

the offices of the chief clerks of each house.

The

conference committee shall meet at a time and place

to be mutually agreed upon by the committee members,

and when agreement on the amendments in dispute has

been reached, the members shall report to their

respective houses, or if agreement has not been

reached, they shall report that fact to their

respective houses. No new item shall be presented

as an amendment for inclusion in the conference

committee report unless the item has been the

subject of a legislative committee hearing during

the session. Voting in the conference committee

shall be by the respective houses, and a majority of

the membership from each house is required for

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adoption of a recommendation. The report of the

conference committee shall not be subject to

amendment in either house. The report of the

conference committee shall always be in order except

during a roll call or when a question of order or a

motion to adjourn is pending.".

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