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Session of 2000
          HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 6003           By Representative Alldritt           1-10          

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  9             A  RESOLUTION relating to the rules of the House of Representatives
10             for the 1999-2000 biennium; amending Rule 1301, relating to com-
11             mittee meetings.
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14             Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kan-
15       sas: That Rule 1301 be amended to read as follows:
16             Rule 1301. Committee Meetings; Time and Place. (a) When the
17       Legislature is in session, standing committees shall meet at the times and
18       place assigned by the Speaker on the call of the chairperson.
19             (b) Also, when the Legislature is in session, a standing committee
20       shall meet upon written request of three members of the committee.
21       Such a request shall be submitted to the Speaker and the chairperson at
22       least one legislative day before the requested time of meeting. The time
23       and place of a meeting under this subsection (b) shall be set by the chair-
24       person with the approval of the Speaker.
25             (c) Also, when the Legislature is in session, a standing committee shall
26       meet upon written request of a majority of all the members of the com-
27       mittee to hold a hearing on a bill or resolution specified in the written
28       request. The request shall be submitted to the Speaker and the chairperson
29       at least one legislative day before the requested time of meeting to hold
30       the hearing. The time and place of a meeting under this subsection (c)
31       shall be set by the chairperson with the approval of the Speaker. At that
32       time and place the committee shall meet and shall hold a hearing on the
33       bill or resolution specified in the written request. If a bill specified in the
34       written request is subject to a bill consideration deadline under subsection
35       (e) or (f) of joint rule 4 of the joint rules of the Senate and House of
36       Representatives and the request for a committee meeting and hearing on
37       the bill is made before such deadline but the date for the committee meet-
38       ing is set for after the deadline, the bill specified in the written request
39       shall be referred by the Speaker to a standing committee of the House
40       which is exempt from bill consideration deadlines under subsection (e) or
41       (f) of joint rule 4 of the joint rules of the Senate and House of Represen-
42       tatives and then rereferred to the committee of the House which is making
43       the request under this subsection (c) for the hearing.
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