House Resolution 7
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegate Staton)
[January 12, 2005]


H. R. 7 - "Amending Rule 104 of the Rules of the House of Delegates, providing that failure of the Clerk to timely provide a printed or reproduced bill or lack of availability thereof in electronic format on the Chamber Automation System shall not be cause for delaying action on the bill."
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That Rule 104 of the Rules of the House of Delegates be amended to read as follow:
Bills -- Printing and Availability to Members
104. No bill shall be put upon its second reading until the same shall have been printed, or otherwise mechanically reproduced, and shall have been made available to the members of the House in the House Document Room, no later than 6:00 P.M. or the hour of adjournment, whichever be later, on the day next preceding the day upon which it is to be read a second time.
Upon receipt of the printed or reproduced bill, the Clerk shall, forthwith, place copies of said bill on the desks of each member and, if possible, in the bill books; however, the failure of the Clerk to do so shall not be cause for delaying action on the bill.
Bills, resolutions and other documents in electronic format and available to the members on the Chamber Automation System shall be in compliance with the provisions of this rule.
Failure of the Clerk to timely provide a printed or reproduced bill or failure of the bill to be available in electronic format on the Chamber Automation System shall not be cause for delaying action on the bill.