SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1

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

INTRODUCED BY

Peter Wirth and Larry A. Larrañaga

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE REFORM; ADOPTING JOINT RULES TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF BILLS AND MEMORIALS THAT MAY BE INTRODUCED AND TO LIMIT THE TIME TO INTRODUCE MEMORIALS.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     WHEREAS, Legislative Joint Rule 8-1 provides that joint rules may be adopted, amended or repealed by concurrent resolution approved by two-thirds of the membership of each house;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 SENATE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, that the following new Joint Rule 10-2 be adopted to read:

     "LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF BILLS INTRODUCED (10-2)

A member of the legislature may introduce no more than five bills and two memorials during a session convened in an even-numbered year and no more than ten bills and two memorials during a session convened in an odd-numbered year; provided that this limitation does not apply to bills that are prefiled or bills or memorials endorsed by a legislative interim committee."; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Joint Rule 10-3 be adopted to read:

     "DEADLINE FOR INTRODUCTION OF MEMORIALS (10-3)

No memorial shall be introduced subsequent to the twenty-second day in a session convened in an even-numbered year or subsequent to the thirty-second day in a session convened in an odd-numbered year."; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the amendments to the joint rules proposed by this resolution take effect immediately prior to the adjournment of the second session of the forty-ninth legislature.

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