ENROLLED SENATE
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION NO. 12	By:	Coffee  of the Senate

			and

		Benge of the House

A Concurrent Resolution relating to adjournment of the legislative session; modifying date on which the 1st Session of the 52nd Oklahoma Legislature will adjourn sine die; prohibiting consideration of certain conference committee reports; and requiring revision of legislative calendar.

WHEREAS, the Oklahoma Constitution establishes the first Monday in February as the day on which the regular legislative session commences; and

WHEREAS, the Oklahoma Constitution also requires that the regular session be finally adjourned sine die not later than the last Friday in May; and

WHEREAS, based on these parameters, the legislative calendar for the 1st Session of the 52nd Oklahoma Legislature began on February 2, 2009, and will end on May 29, 2009, and will extend beyond Memorial Day; and

WHEREAS, the Legislature has customarily completed its work in a timely manner prior to Memorial Day.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 52ND OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:

THAT the Oklahoma Legislature will adjourn sine die not later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 22, 2009.
THAT no conference committee report shall be considered by either the Senate or the House of Representatives unless the report has been properly filed in the house of origin not later than May 11, 2009.  The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives may jointly waive this provision or permit consideration of a conference committee report on a measure which has been returned to a conference committee for further consideration.  This provision shall not apply to:

1.  A report on a measure which either the Senate or the House of Representatives, or both, have assigned to the General Conference Committee on Appropriations; or

2.  A conference committee report that states that the conferees are unable to agree.

THAT the legislative calendar for the 1st Session of the 52nd Oklahoma Legislature be revised to reflect these changes.

Adopted by the Senate the 16th day of March, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate

Adopted by the House of Representatives the 18th day of March, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer  of the House
	of Representatives