2010
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE RESOLUTION 10-010
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Morse, .
       
       
          CONCERNING AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE
       SENATE REGARDING APPOINTMENTS TO CERTAIN
       LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES. 
       
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-seventh General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado:
       
          That Rule No. 21 (a) and 21 (b) of the Rules of the Senate are
       amended to read:
       
                  21.  Committees
                         
       (a)     The following committees of reference of the Senate shall be
               appointed by resolution at the beginning of each regular session of the
               General Assembly convening after a general election and at such
               other times as may be necessary, and shall remain constituted as
               such committees until the first regular session convening after the next
               ensuing general election the members of the committees shall
               serve at the pleasure of the appropriate appointing
               authority:
       
          (1)  Agriculture and Natural Resources.
       
          (2)  Appropriations.
       
          (3)  Business, Labor, and Technology.
       
          (4)  Education.
       
          (5)  Finance.
       
          (6)  Health and Human Services.
       
          (7)  Judiciary.
       
          (8)  Local Government and Energy.
       
          (9)  State, Veterans, and Military Affairs.
       
          (10) Transportation.
       
          The party representation of such committees shall be in proportion, as
          nearly as practicable, as determined by the majority leader, to the
          relative number of members of the two major political parties in the
          Senate. The majority leader of the Senate shall determine the number
          of members, shall designate the number from each political party, and
          shall appoint the majority members to the committees of reference,
          and shall designate the chair and vice-chair of each
          committee of reference.  In addition, the majority leader
          shall appoint any member of the Senate who is not affiliated
          with either of the major political parties in the Senate to the
          committees of reference.  The minority leader shall appoint the
          minority members to such committees.
       
       (b)     The following committees shall be appointed by resolution at the
               beginning of each regular session of the General Assembly
               convening after a general election and at such other times as
               may be necessary, and shall remain constituted as such
               committees until the first regular session convening after the next
               ensuing general election the members of the committees shall
               serve at the pleasure of the appropriate appointing
               authority:
       
          (1)  Senate Services.
       
          (2)  Joint Budget Committee.
       
          The majority leader of the Senate shall appoint the majority
          members to these committees, with the majority leader
          appointing to the Joint Budget Committee the majority party
          members elected by the Senate majority party caucus to
          serve on this committee.  The minority leader shall appoint
          the minority members to these committees, with the minority
          leader appointing to the Joint Budget Committee the minority
          party member elected by the Senate minority party caucus to
          serve on this committee.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Brandon C. Shaffer                     Karen Goldman
       PRESIDENT OF                            SECRETARY OF
       THE SENATE                                THE SENATE