ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION No. 2

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED JANUARY 9, 1997

By Assemblyman DiGAETANO

An Assembly Resolution organizing the General Assembly for 1997.

    Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. That the Clerk of the General Assembly be directed to inform the Senate that the General Assembly has organized, its Speaker being the Honorable Jack Collins of Salem County, and its Clerk, Linda Metzger of Gloucester County, for the Second Annual Session of the Two Hundred-Seventh Session of the General Assembly, and has proceeded to business.

    2. That the Speaker be and is hereby authorized to appoint such assistants as he may deem necessary.

    3. That the working staff of the General Assembly shall be at all times subject to the direction of the Speaker and the Clerk, who shall have authority to designate to any member of the staff such duties as may be required.

    4. That unless otherwise ordered the regular hours of meetings of the General Assembly will be on days and at times to be announced to the members, the news media and the public by the Speaker.

    5. That no floor passes be issued by any officer or member of the General Assembly other than the Speaker, with the further provision that the privilege of the floor may be extended by a resolution duly adopted.

    6. That in the absence of the Clerk, such other officers or employees as directed by the Speaker shall perform all duties imposed by law and the rules of the General Assembly upon the Clerk.

    7. That the Bill Drafting Manual prepared and revised from time to time by the Office of Legislative Services, be adopted as the official manual of practice and procedure of the General Assembly governing the form of bills to be introduced in the General Assembly and governing the conduct of the preliminary examination of bills proposed for introduction in the General Assembly required by the Rules of the General Assembly. A copy of the revised manual shall be provided to the Clerk.

    That in order to carry out the aforementioned practice and procedure, the Legislative Counsel and such deputies and assistants as he shall assign be designated as counsel to conduct said preliminary examination of bills proposed for introduction and amendments adopted in the General Assembly under the general supervision of the Legislative Counsel.

    8. That each member of the General Assembly be authorized to retain up to six aides at a total compensation per member asauthorized by law, except the Speaker may authorize more than six aides.

    9. That the Rules of the 1996 General Assembly be adopted temporarily as the Rules for the 1997 General Assembly.

    10. That Her Excellency the Governor be informed that the General Assembly has organized for 1997, its Speaker being the Honorable Jack Collins of Salem County, and its Clerk, Linda Metzger of Gloucester County, and is now ready to proceed to business and to receive any communications she may forward.

    11. This resolution shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    Organizes the General Assembly for 1997.

Organizes the General Assembly for 1997.