§ 54-16-01 — Emergency commission - Members - Organization - Quorum - Meetings - Pledge of allegiance

Pledge of allegiance.
The emergency commission consists of the governor, the majority leaders of the senate and
house of representatives of the legislative assembly, the secretary of state, and the chairmen of
the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees. If the chairman of an
appropriations committee ceases to be a member of the legislative assembly, the vice chairman
of that committee succeeds to that position on the commission. An appropriations committee
vice chairman may serve in the place of the appropriations committee chairman as a member of
the commission at the request of the appropriate appropriations committee chairman, if the
appropriations committee chairman is unable to attend a commission meeting. If a majority
leader ceases to be a member of the legislative assembly, the respective house's assistant
majority leader succeeds to that position on the commission. A majority leader's assistant
majority leader may serve as a member of the commission in the place of the majority leader at
the request of the majority leader if that majority leader is serving on the commission in another
capacity or is unable to attend a commission meeting. Four members of the commission
constitute a quorum. The governor is the chairman and the secretary of state is the secretary of
the commission. The commission shall meet at the call of the chairman. At the beginning of
each regularly scheduled meeting of the emergency commission, members must be given the
opportunity to participate in a voluntary recitation of the pledge of allegiance.