§ 10 — Committee on Rules

§ 10. Committee on Rules. a. At any time during the session, a bill or\nresolution may be introduced by the Committee on Rules and shall be\nreferred to a committee; provided however that all bills shall be\nreferred to a standing committee other than the Committee on Rules, for\nconsideration. A bill or resolution introduced at the request of a\nmember shall, if the member so requests, have his or her name included\non both the original and printed copies of the bill or resolution as\nfollows:\n "Introduced by the Committee on Rules (at the request of M. of\nA.........)."\n b. The general functions of the Committee on Rules shall be:\n (1) to determine the order on the Calendar of bills reported by the\nother standing committees of the Assembly and such Committee shall be\ndeemed to be a standing committee only for the purpose of regulating\nCalendar practices including:\n (a) the introduction of a bill;\n (b) the ordering of a bill directly to special order of second and\nthird reading transmitted to it from any other standing committee as\nprovided by these Rules;\n (c) the ordering of a bill, otherwise on second reading, directly to a\nspecial order of second and third reading; and\n (d) the review of each message of necessity issued by the Governor\npursuant to Article III of the Constitution and the ordering of a bill\nto a special order of second and third reading for which any such\nmessage has been issued; provided, however that prior to the ordering of\na bill for second and third reading, such message must be accepted by an\naffirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the Committee on\nRules;\n (2) to regulate the housekeeping practices of the Assembly;\n (3) to establish minimum qualifications for each category of staff\nemployees; and\n (4) to establish and maintain minimum duties and standards of\neffectiveness for all staff employees.\n