HB 0099B 2003
   
1 House Concurrent Resolution
2          A concurrent resolution extending the 2003 Special Session
3    B of the Legislature under the authority of Article III,
4    Section 3(d) of the State Constitution and providing for
5    adjournment of the Special Session B of the Legislature
6    for more than 72 hours in accordance with the provisions
7    of Article III, Section 3(e) of the State Constitution.
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9          WHEREAS, the four days of the 2003 Special Session B of the
10    Florida Legislature will expire on June 19, 2003, and the
11    necessary tasks of the special session have not been completed,
12    NOW, THEREFORE,
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14          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
15    Florida, the Senate Concurring:
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17          That the 2003 Special Session B of the Florida Legislature
18    is extended to 11:59 p.m., Friday, June 27, 2003, under the
19    authority of Article III, Section 3(d) of the State
20    Constitution.
21          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the special session so extended
22    shall consider only the following matters:
23          (1) Senate Bill 2-B and House Bill 63-B, which bills
24    address medical malpractice.
25          (2) Senate Bill 4-B and House Bill 71-B, which bills
26    address public records and public meetings exemptions relating
27    to medical malpractice.
28          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all other measures in either
29    house are hereby indefinitely postponed.
30          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, upon adjournment or recess on
31    Thursday, June 19, 2003, either house may reconvene upon the
32    call of its presiding officer.
33          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the
34    provisions of Article III, Section 3(e) of the State
35    Constitution, permission is hereby granted to the Senate and the
36    House of Representatives to adjourn for a period in excess of
37    seventy-two hours by motion of such chamber.