Bill Text: OR HCR37 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Establishing limitations and deadlines for legislative measures for 2014 regular session of Seventy-seventh Legislative Assembly.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-16 - Filed with Secretary of State. [HCR37 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HCR37-Enrolled.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                 House Concurrent Resolution 37

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON RULES

Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:

  (1) This resolution constitutes a rule of proceeding of the
Senate and the House of Representatives of the Seventy-seventh
Legislative Assembly.
  (2) The Senate and the House of Representatives agree to the
following limitations for the 2014 regular session:
  (a) Each Senator and each Representative may request the Office
of the Legislative Counsel to prepare, and may submit for
introduction, no more than two drafts of measures.
  (b) Each interim committee of the Senate and each interim
committee of the House of Representatives may request the Office
of the Legislative Counsel to prepare, and may submit for
introduction, no more than three drafts of measures.
  (c) The Governor may request the Office of the Legislative
Counsel to prepare, and may submit for introduction, no more than
five drafts of measures on behalf of the executive branch of
state government.
  (d) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may request the
Office of the Legislative Counsel to prepare, and may submit for
introduction, no more than five drafts of measures on behalf of
the judicial branch of state government.
  (3) The limitations on introduction of measures in subsection
(2) of this resolution do not apply to:
  (a) The Joint Committee on Ways and Means, with respect to
appropriation or fiscal measures;
  (b) Measures requested and approved for introduction by the
President of the Senate; or
  (c) Measures requested and approved for introduction by the
House Committee on Rules.
  (4) All requests to prepare drafts of measures must be
accompanied by a brief summary of the problem sought to be
addressed, the proposed solution to the problem and any other
relevant information about the proposed measure.
  (5) The Senate and the House of Representatives shall adhere to
the following schedule and deadlines for the 2014 regular session
of the Seventy-seventh Legislative Assembly:
  (a) Members, committees, the Governor and the Chief Justice
shall submit requests for drafts of measures to the Office of the
Legislative Counsel on or before 5 p.m. on November 26, 2013.
  (b) The Office of the Legislative Counsel shall deliver drafts
of measures to requesters on or before 5 p.m. on January 13,
2014.
  (c) Requesters shall submit drafts of measures for introduction
to the Senate Desk or the House Desk no later than 5 p.m. on
January 21, 2014.

Enrolled House Concurrent Resolution 37 (HCR 37-INTRO)     Page 1

  (6) The President of the Senate, the House Committee on Rules
and the Joint Committee on Ways and Means are not subject to the
deadlines described in subsection (5) of this resolution.
  (7) The rules of the Senate and the House of Representatives
apply to matters not specified in this resolution.
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                                  Adopted by House July 7, 2013

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                                 Ramona J. Line, Chief Clerk of
                                              House

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                                  Tina Kotek, Speaker of House

                                 Adopted by Senate July 8, 2013

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                                  Peter Courtney, President of
                                             Senate

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