PRINTER'S NO. 3280
No. 227 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY L. E. SMITH, DORR, McCALL, POLITE AND BITTLE,
APRIL 29, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 29, 1980
In the House of Representatives, April 29, 1980
1 RESOLVED, That Rule 43 of the House of Representatives be
2 amended to read:
3 RULE 43
4 Standing Committees and Sub-Committees
5 The Committee on Committees shall consist of the Speaker and
6 fifteen members of the House, ten of whom shall be members of
7 the Majority Party and five of whom shall be members of the
8 Minority Party, whose duty shall be to recommend to the House
9 the names of members who are to serve on the Standing Committees
10 of the House.
11 The Speaker shall appoint the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of
12 each Standing Committee when such Standing Committee has no
13 Standing Sub-committees as prescribed herein; when the Standing
14 Committee has Standing Sub-Committees, the Speaker shall appoint
15 a Sub-committee Chairman for each Standing Sub-committee. The
16 Speaker shall appoint a secretary for each Standing Committee.
17 The Minority Leader shall appoint the Minority Chairman and
1 Minority Vice-Chairman of each Standing Committee and the
2 Minority Sub-Committee Chairman for each Standing Sub-Committee.
3 The Speaker of the House, Floor Leader of the Majority Party
4 and the Floor Leader of the Minority Party shall be ex-officio
5 members of all Standing Committees, without the right to vote
6 and they shall be excluded from any limitation as to the number
7 of members on the Committees or in counting a quorum.
8 Twenty-one Standing Committees of the House, each to consist
9 of twenty-three members except the Committee on Appropriations,
10 which shall consist of thirty-one members, are hereby created.
11 In addition, there is hereby created twenty-two Standing Sub-
12 Committees.
13 All Standing Committees shall consist of fourteen members of
14 the Majority Party and ten members of the Minority Party, except
15 the Committee on Appropriations which shall consist of twenty
16 members of the Majority Party and twelve members of the Minority
17 Party. The quorum for each of the Standing Committees and Sub-
18 committees shall be no less than the majority of said
19 Committees. The following are the Standing Committees and Sub-
20 committees thereof:
21 1. Agriculture and Rural Affairs
22 2. Appropriations
23 a. Sub-committee on Health and Welfare
24 b. Sub-committee on Education
25 c. Sub-committee on Capital Budget
26 3. Business and Commerce
27 a. Sub-committee on Banking and Savings and Loan
28 Associations
29 b. Sub-committee on Housing
30 c. Sub-committee on Small Business, Industrial
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1 Development[, Recreation] and Tourism
2 4. Conservation
3 5. Consumer Affairs
4 a. Sub-committee on Public Utilities
5 6. Education
6 a. Sub-committee on Basic Education
7 b. Sub-committee on Higher Education
8 7. Federal-State Relations
9 8. Finance
10 9. Game and Fisheries
11 10. Health and Welfare
12 a. Sub-committee on Health
13 b. Sub-committee on Welfare
14 c. Sub-committee on Youth and Aging
15 11. Insurance
16 12. Judiciary
17 a. Sub-committee on Crime and Corrections
18 b. Sub-committee on Courts
19 13. Labor Relations
20 14. Liquor Control
21 15. Local Government
22 a. Sub-committee on Boroughs
23 b. Sub-committee on Counties
24 c. Sub-committee on Townships
25 16. Mines and Energy Management
26 17. Professional Licensure
27 18. State Government
28 a. Sub-committee on Telecommunications
29 19. Transportation
30 a. Sub-committee on Highways
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1 b. Sub-committee on Public Transportation
2 c. Sub-committee on Transportation Safety
3 d. Sub-committee on Aviation
4 20. Urban Affairs
5 a. Sub-committee on Cities, Counties - First Class
6 b. Sub-committee on Cities, Counties - Second Class
7 21. Military and Veterans Affairs
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