Section 1. The Senate shall be composed of three conferences; the
Republican Conference, the Democratic Conference and the Independent
Democratic Conference. Designation of the leaders and members of each
conference shall be filed in the Senate Journal upon the approval of the
Majority Coalition Leaders. The leaders of such conferences, referred to
in these rules as Conference Leaders, shall not serve in their
respective capacities for longer than eight years. The Republican
Conference and the Independent Democratic Conference shall together
comprise the Majority Coalition. The Republican Conference Leader and
the Independent Democratic Conference Leader shall together be the
Majority Coalition Leaders.