SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019

INTRODUCED BY

Peter Wirth and Stuart Ingle

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

ADOPTING JOINT RULE 13-1 REGARDING CONTINUAL ENGROSSMENT OF LEGISLATION.

     WHEREAS, Legislative Joint Rule 8-1 provides for the adoption, amendment or repeal of joint rules 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 proposed Joint Rule 13-1 be adopted to read:

          "CONTINUAL ENGROSSING OF AMENDMENTS (13-1)

                No later than the second session of the fifty-                fourth legislature, the legislative council                 service shall, upon adoption of floor                      amendments or a committee report recommending                 amendments to a bill, memorial or resolution,                 create and cause to be posted on the                       legislative website as soon as practicable a                 document with all amendments incorporated into                 its text. The document shall make clear which                 text is original and which text is added or                 struck by amendment and by which body.".

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