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                                  5041

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 29, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sens.  SERINO, MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing an amendment to section 14 of article 3 of  the  constitution,
  in relation to limiting the use of messages of necessity

  Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 14 of arti-
cle 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
  S  14.  No  bill  shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have
been printed and upon the desks of the members, in its  final  form,  at
least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless
the governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under his or
her  hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in his or her opin-
ion necessitate an immediate vote thereon TO RESPOND TO A STATE OF EMER-
GENCY, in which case it must nevertheless  be  upon  the  desks  of  the
members  in  final  form,  not  necessarily  printed,  before  its final
passage; nor shall any bill be passed or become a  law,  except  by  the
assent of a majority of the members elected to each branch of the legis-
lature;  and upon the last reading of a bill, no amendment thereof shall
be allowed, and the question upon its final passage shall be taken imme-
diately thereafter, and the ayes and nays entered on the journal.
  For purposes of this section, a bill shall be deemed to be printed and
upon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible electron-
ic format by electronic means, and it is available for  review  in  such
format  at the desks of the members. For purposes of this section "elec-
tronic means" means any method of transmission  of  information  between
computers  or  other  machines  designed  for the purpose of sending and
receiving  such  transmissions  and  which:  allows  the  recipient   to
reproduce   the   information   transmitted  in  a  tangible  medium  of
expression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to
be made without leaving an adequate record thereof.
  S 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing be referred
to the first  regular  legislative  session  convening  after  the  next

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                           LBD89096-02-5

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succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
months previous to the time of such election.