PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3047, 3085 PRINTER'S NO. 3200
No. 379 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY PERZEL, DeWEESE AND S. H. SMITH, DECEMBER 11, 2001
AS AMENDED, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 29, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Amending House Rules 1 and 14 RULES 14 AND 24. <--
2 RESOLVED, That the second paragraph of House Rule 1 be <--
3 amended to read:
4 RULE 1
5 Speaker Presiding
6 * * *
7 As presiding officer and in accordance with Article II § 2 of
8 the Constitution of Pennsylvania and the act of June 3, 1937
9 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
10 within ten days after the occurrence of a vacancy the Speaker
11 shall issue a writ for a special election to be held on a date
12 which shall occur on or before the date of the first primary,
13 municipal or general election which occurs not less than 60 days
14 after the issuance of the writ. The Speaker shall not be
15 required to issue a writ of election if the election cannot be
16 scheduled until after the general election; nor shall the
17 Speaker be required to schedule an election for a vacancy which
1 occurs in the year following the official reporting of the
2 Federal Decennial Census.
3 * * *
4 RESOLVED, That the 12th, 13th and 17th paragraphs of House
5 Rule 14 be amended to read:
6 RULE 14
7 Members' and Employees' Expenses
8 * * *
9 All monthly reports filed on disbursements made or debts
10 incurred by any officer or member or employee from
11 appropriations made to the House or to a member or nonmember
12 officer under any General Appropriation Act, and the
13 documentation for each disbursement, shall be public information
14 and shall be available for public inspection during regular
15 business hours in the office of the Chief Clerk. The Chief Clerk
16 shall prescribe reasonable rules and regulations for inspection
17 of such reports but in no case shall inspection be denied to any
18 person for a period exceeding 48 hours (excluding Saturdays and
19 Sundays) from the time a written request has been submitted to
20 the Chief Clerk. Photocopies of such reports shall be made
21 available upon request to a member at no charge or to the public
22 for a duplication fee as may be fixed by the Chief Clerk. Such
23 reports shall be made available to a member or to the public on
24 or before the last day of the month next succeeding the month in
25 which the report was filed.
26 All vouchers and requisitions relating to all expenditures,
27 expenses, disbursements and other obligations out of all
28 appropriated funds of the House, and the documentation
29 evidencing payment of the vouchers and requisitions, shall be
30 available for public inspection during regular business hours in
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1 the office of the Chief Clerk or at such other location within
2 the Capitol as the Chief Clerk shall prescribe. Nothing in this
3 rule shall require release of any information deemed
4 confidential, including, but not limited to, a telephone number,
5 a credit card number and a Social Security number.
6 * * *
7 All expenditures of funds appropriated to the House or to a
8 member or nonmember officer shall be subject to the expenditure
9 guidelines established by the Rules Committee. The Rules
10 Committee shall establish standards regarding documentation
11 evidencing payment out of any appropriations account made to the
12 House or to a member or nonmember officer.
13 RESOLVED, THAT HOUSE RULE 24 BE AMENDED TO READ: <--
14 RULE 24
15 THIRD CONSIDERATION AND FINAL PASSAGE BILLS
16 BILLS ON THIRD CONSIDERATION AND FINAL PASSAGE SHALL BE
17 CONSIDERED IN THEIR CALENDAR ORDER.
18 A BILL ON THIRD CONSIDERATION MAY BE AMENDED.
19 AFTER A BILL IS AGREED TO ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, PRIOR TO
20 VOTING, THE TITLE OR A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE BILL SHALL BE READ;
21 AND THE SPEAKER SHALL THEN STATE THE QUESTION AS FOLLOWS:
22 "THIS BILL HAS BEEN CONSIDERED ON THREE DIFFERENT DAYS
23 AND AGREED TO AND IS NOW ON FINAL PASSAGE."
24 "THE QUESTION IS, SHALL THE BILL PASS FINALLY?"
25 "AGREEABLE TO THE PROVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE YEAS
26 AND NAYS WILL NOW BE TAKEN."
27 WHEN MORE THAN ONE BILL SHALL BE CONSIDERED AT THE SAME TIME,
28 PRIOR TO VOTING, THE TITLE OR A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE BILL SHALL
29 BE READ; AND THE SPEAKER SHALL THEN STATE THE QUESTION AS
30 FOLLOWS:
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1 "THESE BILLS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED ON THREE DIFFERENT DAYS
2 AND AGREED TO AND ARE NOW ON FINAL PASSAGE."
3 "THE QUESTION IS, SHALL THE BILLS ON THE UNCONTESTED
4 CALENDAR PASS FINALLY?"
5 "AGREEABLE TO THE PROVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE YEAS
6 AND NAYS WILL NOW BE TAKEN."
7 RESOLVED, That the amendment of the 12th, 13th and 17th
8 paragraphs of House Rule 14 apply to documentation for
9 disbursements made after December 31, 2001, BEGINNING 30 DAYS <--
10 AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION and to reports of such
11 disbursements.
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