SENATE RESOLUTION 1

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2010

INTRODUCED BY

Michael S. Sanchez

A RESOLUTION

AMENDING THE SENATE RULES TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF CAMERAS USED TO WEBCAST SENATE PROCEEDINGS.

     WHEREAS, Senate Rule 24-1 provides that the rules of the senate may be amended by a two-thirds' vote of all the members of the senate or by a majority vote of the members of the senate upon the recommendation of the rules committee;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that Senate Rule 23-8-1 be amended to read:

"23-8-1   A live audio and video stream of the senate floor proceedings shall be accessible through the legislature's web site in a manner befitting the senate, including an appropriate user interface, subject to the following:

                (a) the live stream shall begin as soon as      practicable after the president has announced that a quorum is present and shall terminate as soon as practicable after a motion to recess or adjourn has carried, or upon the order of the presiding officer;

(b) the live video stream shall be [from a single camera installed at the rear of the chamber, positioned and focused so as to capture an image of the chamber that as nearly as possible replicates the view of a member of the public seated in the gallery] produced from cameras configured and operated in such a way that as much of the chamber is displayed as practicable but that no material on members' desks, computer monitors or similar devices can be read or viewed except as would otherwise be possible with an unaided eye;

          (c) the live stream shall not be archived;

(d) the provisions of this rule shall apply when the senate is meeting in the committee of the whole and when any standing committee of the senate is meeting in the chamber, at the request of the chair; and

(e) the stream shall carry a notice to the effect that the stream is being produced for the benefit of the public and any political use is prohibited and that the stream is not an official record of the senate's proceedings.".

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