House Bill 1059

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        By the Committee on Rules & Calendar and Representative
    Arnall





  1                   House Concurrent Resolution

  2         A concurrent resolution amending Joint Rule 2

  3         of the Joint Rules of the Legislature.

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  5  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  6  Florida, the Senate Concurring:

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  8         That Joint Rule 2 of the Joint Rules of the Legislature

  9  is amended to read:

10                           JOINT RULES

11                          JOINT RULE TWO

12                   GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL

13  2.1--General Appropriations Bill; Review Period

14         (1)  A general appropriations bill shall be subject to

15  a 72-hour public review period before a vote is taken on final

16  passage of in the house in which the bill in the form that

17  will be presented to the Governor originates.

18         (2)  A review period is not required prior to a vote

19  being taken on final passage of the same bill in the

20  nonoriginating house, provided the bill is not amended. If a

21  bill is amended, the amendment being a bill previously

22  furnished pursuant to this rule, another review period is not

23  required. If, however, the amendment was not previously

24  furnished pursuant to this rule, another 72-hour public review

25  period shall be provided before a vote is taken on final

26  passage.

27         (2)(3)  If a bill is returned to the house in which the

28  bill originated and the originating house does not concur in

29  all the amendments or adds additional amendments, no further

30  action shall be taken on the bill by the nonoriginating house,

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  1  and a conference committee shall be established by operation

  2  of this rule to consider the bill.

  3         (3)(4)  If a bill is referred to a conference committee

  4  by operation of this rule, a 72-hour public review period

  5  shall be provided prior to a vote being taken on the

  6  conference committee report by either house.

  7         (4)(5)  A copy of the bill, a copy of the bill with

  8  amendments adopted by the nonoriginating house, or the

  9  conference committee report shall be furnished to each member

10  of the Legislature, the Governor, the Chief Justice of the

11  Supreme Court, and each member of the Cabinet. Copies for the

12  Governor, Chief Justice and members of the Cabinet shall be

13  furnished to the official's office in the Capitol or Supreme

14  Court Building. A member's copy shall be furnished to the

15  member's desk in the appropriate chamber. The Secretary of the

16  Senate shall be responsible for furnishing copies under this

17  rule for Senate bills, House bills as amended by the Senate,

18  and conference committee reports on Senate bills. The Clerk of

19  the House shall be responsible for furnishing copies under

20  this rule for House bills, Senate bills as amended by the

21  House, and conference committee reports on Senate bills. The

22  Clerk of the House shall be responsible for furnishing copies

23  under this rule for House bills, Senate bills as amended by

24  the House, and conference committee reports on House bills.

25         (5)(6)  The 72-hour public review period shall begin to

26  run upon completion of the furnishing of copies required to be

27  provided herein. The Speaker of the House and or the President

28  of the Senate, as appropriate, shall be informed of the

29  completion time and such time shall be announced on the floor

30  prior to vote on final passage in each house and shall be

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  1  entered in the journal of each house. Saturdays, Sundays, and

  2  holidays shall be included in the computation under this rule.

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  4  2.2--General Appropriations Bill; Definition

  5         For the purposes of Joint Rule 2, the term "general

  6  appropriations bill" means a bill which provides for the

  7  salaries of public officers and other current expenses of the

  8  state and contains no subject other than appropriations. A

  9  bill which contains appropriations which are incidental and

10  necessary solely to implement a substantive law is not

11  included within this term.

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