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Second Regular Session

Sixty-first General Assembly

LLS NO. R98-0585.01 CWP

STATE OF COLORADO




BY REPRESENTATIVES Anderson, C. Berry, and Snyder;

also SENATORS Wells, Norton, and Feeley.


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 98-1002


Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty­first General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:

That Joint Rule No. 23 (a) of the Joint Rules of the Senate and the House of Representatives is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read:

23. DEADLINE SCHEDULE

(a) (1.5) THE INTRODUCTION DEADLINES PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION (a) SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE COMPLIED WITH IF THE BILL HAS BEEN DEPOSITED WITH THE CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE OR THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE BEFORE 4:30 P.M. ON THE SPECIFIED DEADLINE. THE NUMBERING OF SUCH BILLS, THEIR ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEES OF REFERENCE, AND THEIR FORMAL READING AND INTRODUCTION NEED NOT BE CONDUCTED ON THE DAY OF THE SPECIFIED DEADLINE. HOWEVER, THE NUMBERING, ASSIGNMENT, AND FORMAL READING AND INTRODUCTION SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT OF THE RESPECTIVE HOUSE ON THE THIRD CALENDAR DAY FOLLOWING THE SPECIFIED DEADLINE.