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      SENATE RESOLUTION 10-005
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Spence,  Sandoval.
      
      
          CONCERNING AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE SENATE,
      AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR A LINE OF
      SUCCESSION FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE AND
      ADDRESSING QUESTIONS OF PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY. 
      
      
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-seventh General Assembly of
      the State of Colorado:
      
          That Rule No. 13 (b) of the Rules of the Senate is amended, and the said
      Rule No. 13 is further amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW
      SUBSECTION, to read:
      
              13.  Secretary and Assistant Secretary
      
      (b) An assistant to the secretary of the Senate shall be appointed.
          Appointments to such position shall be made without reference to
          party affiliation and solely on the basis of ability to perform the
          duties of the position.
      
      (c) In the event of the death, resignation, disability, or absence
          from the state of the secretary of the Senate, the assistant
          secretary, as acting secretary of the Senate, shall exercise
          all the powers and duties of the secretary of the Senate until
          a new secretary of the Senate is selected or until the disability
          or absence from the state of the secretary of the Senate is
          removed, whichever shall occur first.  If the assistant
          secretary is unable to serve as an acting secretary of the
          Senate, the president of the Senate shall appoint a new acting
          secretary of the Senate, who shall exercise all the powers and
          duties of the secretary of the Senate until a new secretary of
          the Senate is selected or until the disability or absence from
          the state of the secretary of the Senate is removed, whichever
          shall occur first.  Appointments to such position shall be made
          without reference to party affiliation and solely on the basis
          of ability to perform the duties of the position.
      
          That Rule No. 40 of the Rules of the Senate is amended to read:
      
                   40.  Parliamentary Authority
      
      (a) The latest edition of Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure shall
          govern the Senate in all cases in which it is not inconsistent with these
          rules and the Joint Rules of the Senate and the House of
          Representatives.
      
      (b) The secretary shall act as parliamentarian of the Senate and shall
          advise the officers of the Senate on parliamentary procedure and
          these rules when requested to do so.
      
      (c) Any matter not covered by the Senate rules or by Mason's
          Manual of Legislative Procedure shall be governed by the
          decision of the President, subject to the right of appeal by any
          member as provided for in these rules.
      
      
      
      
      
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      Brandon C. Shaffer                      Karen Goldman
      PRESIDENT OF                             SECRETARY OF
      THE SENATE                                 THE SENATE