2013
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 13-035
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Lambert and Carroll, Newell, Steadman;
       also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Gerou and Hullinghorst, Duran, Labuda, Singer.
       
       
          CONCERNING A REPEAL OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE
       EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
       REVIEW THE STATUS OF THE REVENUE ESTIMATE
       RESOLUTION IN THE EVENT OF A DECLARED DISASTER
       EMERGENCY. 
       
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
          That in the Joint Rules of the Senate and the House of
       Representatives, Joint Rule No. 44,amend (a), (e) (3), and (g), and repeal
       (c) (1) (A) as follows:
       
                   44. Rules of Procedure During
                   a Declared Disaster Emergency
       
       (a)     This rule shall apply if the Governor, pursuant to the relevant portions
               of the "Colorado Disaster Emergency Act of 1992", part 21 of article
               32 of title 24, "Colorado disaster emergency act", part 7 of
               article 33.5 of title 24, Colorado Revised Statutes, has issued an
               executive order that declares that the state of Colorado is in a state of
               disaster emergency caused by a public health emergency infecting or
               exposing a great number of people to disease, agents, toxins, or other
               such threats and has activated the Colorado emergency operations
               plan.
       
       (c)     After receiving notification from the Governor that the state of
               Colorado is in a declared disaster emergency, the Executive
               Committee of the Legislative Council, referred to in this rule as the
               "executive committee", shall meet and set forth the following in
               writing:
       
          (1)  If the General Assembly is in regular session, the list of items
               or topics on which members of the General Assembly may
               submit requests for bills to address the particular disaster
               emergency and the prioritization of any pending legislation
               relating to the state budget or to state policies that the
               executive committee deems necessary to enact prior to
               adjournment or recess of the regular session. In exercising its
               authority under this subsection (c), the executive committee
               shall determine what budgetary issues still need to be
               addressed for the current or upcoming fiscal year and identify
               the critical responsibilities of the General Assembly in light of
               the declared disaster emergency. The goal of the executive
               committee shall be to reprioritize the remaining work of the
               regular session and to only address those mission-critical
               responsibilities prior to adjournment or recess of the regular
               session. For purposes of determining mission-critical
               responsibilities, the executive committee shall consider the
               status of the following:
       
               (A)  The revenue estimate resolution specified in section
                    24-75-201.3, Colorado Revised Statutes;
       
       (e)     (3)  The committees appointed pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2)
                    of this subsection (e) shall only be in existence during the
                    declared disaster emergency. Once the state of disaster
                    emergency has passed or has been dealt with to the extent that
                    emergency conditions no longer exist pursuant to section
                    24-32-2104 (4), 24-33.5-704 (4),Colorado Revised Statutes,
                    the committees of reference in existence prior to the disaster
                    emergency shall be restored.
       
          (g)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Joint Rule 23 (d) of the Joint
               Rules of the Senate and the House of Representatives
               regarding counting legislative days of a regular session as
               consecutive days, the maximum of one hundred twenty
               calendar days prescribed by section 7 of article V of the state
               constitution shall be counted as one hundred twenty separate
               working calendar days if the Governor has declared a state of
               disaster emergency due to a public health emergency pursuant
               to section 24-32-2104, 24-33.5-704, Colorado Revised
               Statutes. Once the disaster emergency is over, the House of
               Representatives and the Senate shall resume following Joint
               Rule 23 (d) during regular sessions.
       
       
       
       
       
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       John P. Morse                        Mark Ferrandino
       PRESIDENT OF                    SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Cindi Markwell                        Marilyn Eddins
       SECRETARY OF                CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES