Bill Text: MS SR3 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Senate Rules; authorize bills and resolutions to be prepared on letter-size paper.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-04-07 - Died In Committee [SR3 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2011-SR3-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2011 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Senator(s) Hewes

Senate Resolution 3

A RESOLUTION TO AMEND SENATE RULE NO. 73 TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 2012 REGULAR SESSION ALL BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS MAY BE PREPARED ON LETTER-SIZE OR LEGAL-SIZE PAPER.

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That Senate Rule No. 73 is amended to read as follows:

     73.  Beginning with the 2012 Regular Session, all bills and resolutions must be typewritten, double spaced on either 8-1/2 X 14 or 8-1/2 X 11 inch white paper.  Titles must be typewritten single spaced and in capital letters.  Bills or resolutions must be introduced in original form (not carbon or photocopied) and shall be free from interlineations, corrections and strikeouts, whether with ink, pencil or typewriter.  The enacting clause, typed immediately preceding Section 1 of a bill, shall contain the following words in capital letters:  "BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI."  No additional enacting words shall be used.  The Secretary may decline to accept for introduction a bill or resolution not conforming hereto.