HOUSE RESOLUTION 3

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2011

INTRODUCED BY

W. Ken Martinez

A RESOLUTION

AMENDING THE HOUSE RULES TO EXPAND THE VIDEO IMAGES AVAILABLE FROM THE INTERNET STREAM OF HOUSE FLOOR PROCEEDINGS.

     WHEREAS, House Rule 24-1 provides that the rules of the house may be amended by a two-thirds' vote of the members of the house or by a majority vote of the members of the house upon the recommendation of the rules and order of business committee;

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

"23-8-1   [The legislative council service is authorized to produce] A live audio and video stream of the house floor proceedings [that is] shall be accessible through the legislature's web site in a manner befitting the house of representatives, including an appropriate user interface, subject to the following:

                (a) the stream shall begin as soon as

practicable after the speaker has announced 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 speaker; [The live video stream shall be 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.]

(b) during the prayer, the pledge of allegiance, reading of the journal, introduction of legislation, reports of committees, introduction of guests, messages from the governor, the senate or other state officers and announcements and miscellaneous business, the live video image shall be of the entire chamber or the rostrum from the perspective of the rear of the chamber except as provided in Paragraph (d) of this rule;

                (c) during third reading of legislation, the

live video image shall be of the member who has been recognized and is speaking, except when a member will be speaking for such a short period of time that the live video image should instead be of the member who previously spoke or of the entire chamber from the perspective of the rear of the chamber;

                (d) during any order of business when the

debate is substantial, the live video image shall be as if the house of representatives were on third reading of legislation;

                (e) at no time shall the live video image be

of the gallery or of any material on a member's desk, computer monitor or similar device such that the material can be read or viewed except as would otherwise be possible with an unaided eye;

                (f) the live stream shall not be archived;

                (g) the provisions of this rule shall apply

when the house of representatives is meeting in the committee of the whole, joint session with the senate and when any standing committee of the house of representatives is meeting in the chamber; and

                (h) 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 house's proceedings. [The provisions of this rule shall apply when the house is meeting as the committee of the whole and when any standing substantive committee is meeting in the chamber shall not be archived.]".

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