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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

W. Ken Martinez

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

AMENDING LEGISLATIVE JOINT RULE 3-1 TO OPEN CONFERENCE

COMMITTEES TO THE PUBLIC.

WHEREAS, Legislative Joint Rule 8-1 provides that joint

rules may be adopted, amended or repealed by concurrent

resolution approved by two-thirds of the membership of each

house;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN, that Joint

Rule 3-1 be amended to read:

"CONFERENCE COMMITTEES (3-1)

If one house refuses to concur in the amendments

made to its [bill

] legislation

by the other house,

the chief clerk shall notify the house making the

amendments of that refusal to concur and ask that

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it recede from its amendments. If the amending

house refuses to recede from its amendments, a

conference committee, consisting of three members

from each house, shall be appointed by the

president pro tempore of the senate and the speaker

of the house. Conference committee meetings shall

be open to the public; provided that conference

committee meetings may be closed to the public

pursuant to the exceptions stated in Subsection B

of Section 10-15-2 NMSA 1978 or for good cause upon

a vote of the committee. The time and place of

open conference committee meetings shall be

announced on the public address system and posted

at the speaker's and the president pro tempore's

offices.

The conference committee shall meet at a

time and place

to be mutually agreed upon by the

committee members, and when agreement on the

amendments in dispute has been reached, the members

shall report to their respective houses, or if

agreement has not been reached, they shall report

that fact to their respective houses. No new item

shall be presented as an amendment for inclusion in

the conference committee report unless the item has

been the subject of a legislative committee hearing

during the session. Voting in the conference

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committee shall be by the respective houses, and a

majority of the membership from each house is

required for adoption of a recommendation. The

report of the conference committee shall not be

subject to amendment in either house. The report

of the conference committee shall always be in

order except during a roll call or when a question

of order or a motion to adjourn is pending.".

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