Bill Text: IN SCR0002 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allowing the Senate and House to recess for more than three days.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-11-20 - Returned to the Senate [SCR0002 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SCR0002-Introduced.html
RESOLUTION No. _____
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to allow the Senate and the House
of Representatives of the 118th Indiana General Assembly to adjourn
and recess separately throughout the First Regular Session for periods
in excess of three (3) consecutive days as the need, in the judgment of
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, respectively, may arise.
, read first time and referred to Committee on
RESOLUTION No. _____
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to allow the Senate and the
House of Representatives of the 118th Indiana General Assembly to
adjourn and recess separately throughout the First Regular Session for
periods in excess of three (3) consecutive days as the need, in the
judgment of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, respectively, may arise.
Whereas,
The Indiana Senate and the House of
Representatives met for the purpose of organization of each
House and to conduct the public business of the people of the
State of Indiana;
Whereas, The Indiana Senate and the House of
Representatives shall operate on their own respective
schedules, having been separated from each other pursuant
to IC 2-2.1-1-2;
Whereas, During the consideration of legislative
business, each House may, in the respective judgment of the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, deem it necessary to adjourn and
recess for periods in excess of three (3) consecutive days and
to operate on a schedule different from the other House;
Whereas, Article 4, Section 10 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana states that neither House shall, without consent of the other, adjourn for more than three (3)
consecutive days;
Whereas, Each House desires to consent to any
adjournment or recess by the other House which might last
more than three (3) days during the First Regular Session of
the 118th General Assembly; and
Whereas, The House of Representatives and the Senate
intend to recess after November 20, 2012, and meet again on
January 7, 2013 to conduct legislative business: Therefore,
SECTION 1.
That each House of the 118th Indiana General
Assembly hereby consents to any adjournment or recess of the
other House during the First Regular Session of the 118th
Indiana General Assembly for a period in excess of three (3)
days, where such recess or adjournment is approved, in the case
of the Senate, by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or,
in the case of the House of Representatives, by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives.
SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is directed to
inform the House of Representatives of the passage of the
Resolution.
