Bill Text: MI SCR0002 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: A concurrent resolution prescribing the Joint Convention Rules for the Legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-01-19 - Referred To Secretary For Record [SCR0002 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SCR0002-Engrossed.html
SCR2, As Adopted by Senate, January 12, 2011
Senator Meekhof offered the following concurrent resolution:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2.
A concurrent resolution prescribing the Joint Convention Rules for the Legislature.
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the following be and are hereby adopted as the Joint Convention Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives:
JOINT CONVENTION RULES OF THE
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Held in Hall of House.
Rule 1. Joint conventions shall be held in the Hall of the House of Representatives, or such other location as may be agreed to by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Majority Leader of the Senate. The President of the Senate or, in the absence of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House shall preside. Before the two houses shall meet in joint convention, a concurrent resolution shall be introduced in one house setting forth the date and hour at which the joint convention shall meet, which, if adopted, shall be transmitted to the other house for concurrence.
Secretaries-Journals.
Rule 2. The Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be the secretaries of the joint convention. The proceedings of the joint convention shall be published with the Journals of the House, and the final result, as announced by the President on the return of the Senate to its chamber, shall be entered on the Journals of the Senate.
Rules of House to Govern.
Rule 3. The rules of the House of Representatives, so far as the same may be applicable, shall govern the proceedings in joint convention.
President pro tempore of Convention.
Rule 4. Whenever the Speaker of the House presides, he or she shall be entitled to vote on all occasions, and in case of a tie, the question shall be declared lost.
Power to Compel Attendance.
Rule 5. Joint conventions shall have the power to compel the attendance of absent members in the mode and under the penalties prescribed in the rules of the house to which such members respectively belong, and for that purpose the Sergeant at Arms of each house shall attend.
May Adjourn from Time to Time.
Rule 6. Joint conventions may adjourn from time to time, as may be found necessary, and it shall be the duty of the House of Representatives to prepare to receive the Senate, and of the Senate to proceed to the joint convention, at the time fixed by law or resolution, or to which the joint convention may have adjourned.
