GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 2008

S                                                                                                                                          Simple

                                                                                                                                     Resolution

                                                                                                                                          Adopted

SENATE RESOLUTION 1

Adopted 3/20/08

Sponsors:	Senator Rand.
Referred to:	Placed on calendar 3/20/08.

March 20, 2008

A SENATE RESOLUTION adopting the permanent rules of the senate for the 2008 extra session of the 2007 general assembly.

Be it resolved by the Senate:

SECTION 1.  The permanent rules of the 2007 Regular Session, with the following amendments, are the rules governing the 2008 Extra Session of the 2007 General Assembly:

RULE 32. Standing/select committees. -

The only standing committee shall be Rules and Operations of the Senate. That committee shall be comprised of the members who were appointed to it during the 2007 Regular Session.

RULE 40. Introduction of resolutions. -

Every resolution  introduced shall contain on the outside cover the title of the document and the name of the Senator or Senators presenting it. The Principal Clerk of the Senate shall receive, number, and present each resolution to the Senate for first reading.

RULE 40.1. Limitation on introduction and consideration of resolutions and bills. -

No bills may be introduced during the 2008 Extra Session. The only resolutions that may be introduced or considered in the Senate are resolutions adjourning the 2008 Extra Session sine die.

RULE 43. First reading; reference to committee. -

All resolutions introduced and all House joint resolutions 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. The Chair of the Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee or, in the Chair's absence, the Vice-Chair of that Committee may place a joint resolution adjourning the 2008 Extra Session sine die upon the Senate calendar for immediate consideration without referring it to committee or may refer it to committee.

RULE 43.1. Second reading. -

All resolutions adjourning the 2008 Extra Session shall when placed upon the calendar be considered for second reading and immediate consideration upon passage.

RULE 50. Third reading requirements. -

When a resolution has passed its second reading, it shall be placed on the calendar for immediate consideration on its third reading.

RULE 56.1. Amendments and committee substitutes adopted by the House to resolutions originating in the Senate. -

(a) Whenever the House has adopted an amendment or a committee substitute for a joint resolution originating in the Senate and has returned the resolution 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).

SECTION 2.  This resolution is effective upon adoption.