GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1996

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SENATE RESOLUTION 1

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Sponsors: Senators Rand; Plyler and Gulley.

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Referred to:  

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February 21, 1996

A SENATE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PERMANENT RULES OF THE SENATE FOR THE EXTRA SESSION, FEBRUARY 1996, OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Be it resolved by the Senate:
Section 1.  The permanent rules of the 1995 Regular Session, with the following amendments, are the rules governing the Extra Session, February 1996, of the General Assembly:
Rule 40.  Introduction of bills.
Every bill introduced shall contain on the outside cover the title of the document and the name of the Senator or Senators presenting it.  Bills shall be delivered by the primary sponsor of the document to the Senate Principal Clerk who shall receive, number, and present said bill to the Senate for first reading.
Rule 40.1.  Limitation on resolutions and bills.
The only resolutions that may be introduced or considered in the Senate are resolutions adjourning the Extra Session sine die.  All bills shall be excluded from introduction or consideration in the Senate, other than those requested by the Governor's Proclamation dated January 25, 1996, convening the Extra Session: to enact changes to the Employment Security Law that would implement a zero tax rate for all employers with a positive unemployment insurance tax rate, allow employers with negative tax rates to qualify for the zero tax rate by prepaying taxes, and reduce the assigned rate for new employers from one and eight-tenths percent (1.8%) to one and two-tenths percent (1.2%) and let those employers qualify sooner for a lower rate.  Such bill may also include provisions authorizing the Legislative Research Commission to study issues relating to the State's Employment Security Law, Chapter 96 of the General Statutes.
Rule 41.  (Reserved)
Rule 43.  First reading; reference to committee.
All bills introduced and all House bills received upon a message from the House of Representatives, upon presentation to the Senate, shall be read in the regular order of business by their number and title which shall constitute the first reading of the bill.  The Chairman of the Rules and Operation of the Senate Committee or, in his absence, the Vice-Chairman of the Committee shall refer to a Senate committee all bills introduced in the Senate.  Upon the referral being made, the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Operation of the Senate shall notify the Principal Clerk of the Senate of the referral, and the Reading Clerk shall announce the referral of the bill.  The Principal Clerk shall inform the Presiding Officer of the referral.  The title and referral shall be entered upon the Journal.
Rule 43.1.  Second reading.
All bills reported by committee shall be placed before the Senate for second reading and immediate consideration upon passage.
Rule 50.  Third reading requirements.
When a bill or resolution has passed its second reading, it shall be placed on the calendar for immediate consideration on its third reading, unless prohibited by Article II, Section 23 of the Constitution.
Rule 56.1.  Amendments and committee substitutes adopted by the House to bills originating in the Senate.
(a)	Whenever the House has adopted an amendment or a committee substitute for a bill originating in the Senate, and has returned the bill to the Senate for concurrence in that amendment or committee substitute, the Senate may concur in that amendment or committee substitute on the same legislative day.
Rule 59. (Reserved).
Sec. 2.  This resolution is effective upon adoption.