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       SENATE RESOLUTION 14-002
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Heath, Carroll, Cadman.
       
       
          CONCERNING CHANGES TO THE RULES OF THE SENATE,
       AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, PERMITTING THE
       REFERRAL OF BILLS ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE
       STAFF RESOURCES TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AS A
       COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE AND AUTHORIZING
       COMMITTEES OF REFERENCE TO RECOMMEND THAT A
       CONFIRMATION OF A GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENT BE PLACED
       ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
       
       
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado:
       
          That in the Rules of the Senate, Rule No. 21, amend (a.2) as follows:
       
                          21. Committees
       
       (a.2)   In addition to the committees any other committee of reference
               specified in subsection (a) of this rule, to which bills and joint
               resolutions that create or authorize any study to be conducted
               during the interim or that allocate any additional legislative staff
               resources during the interim may be referred, such bills and joint
               resolutions shall a bill that allocates any additional
               legislative staff resources may also be referred to the
               Legislative Council as a committee of reference in accordance
               with section 2-3-303.3 section 2-3-301 (5), Colorado Revised
               Statutes.
       
          That in the Rules of the Senate, Rule No. 36, amend (d) (1) (A) as
       follows:
       
                         36. Confirmations
       
       (d)     (1)  (A)  A committee of reference may recommend
                         that a confirmation be placed on the consent
                         calendar for consideration by the Senate.
                         Except as otherwise provided in this rule, any
                         confirmation reported out by the committee that the
                         majority leader determines to be noncontroversial in
                         nature may be placed on the consent calendar in the
                         sole discretion of the majority leader, after
                         consultation with the minority leader.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Morgan Carroll                        Cindi Markwell
       PRESIDENT OF                            SECRETARY OF
       THE SENATE                                THE SENATE