SENATE RESOLUTION 102

A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED

A Rule to provide for the consideration of Government bill 76

Short Title: GB 76, 5 Minute Rule

Introduced: December 1, 2003

Regards: GB 76

Vote: Consent, December 1, 2003

Type Keys: 5 Minute Rule

Provides for the consideration of the GB 76, Election Reform Act, at the meeting that this rule is adopted. Requires that all amendments be considered in Committee of the Whole, with 5 minutes provided for each amendment.

BE IT RESOLVED,   by the North Carolina State University Student Senate that:

Section 1.       Except as provided by general consent, no motion to amend or effectively amend GB 76, the Election Reform Act, shall be in order unless recommended by the Committee of the Whole. Amendments recommended by the Committee of the Whole shall be decided without debate.

Section 2.       At such time as one-third of debate has elapsed on GB 76, provided that any amendments have been introduced, the Senate shall dissolve into the Committee of the Whole in order to consider any amendments under the 5 minute rule for recommendation per Section 2. Each motion to amend shall be reviewed by the Committee of the Whole for a period not to exceed 5 minutes. The Committee may extend the period on any given amendment by 5 minutes, provided that five (5) or more Senators do not thereto object.

Section 3.       In all cases where this act and the Standing Rules of the Senate may conflict, this act shall govern.