RULES OF THE ASSEMBLY OF STATE OF NEW YORK Powers and Duties of Speaker 1. To take the chair, call to order, and, if a quorum be present, proceed to business. 2. To preserve order, decide questions of order subject to appeal, appoint committees, except where otherwise ordered, substitute any member to perform duties of Chair, and designate reporters. Not required to vote except where his vote would be decisive. In case of disturbance may order galleries and lobby cleared. Ex-officio member and chair man Committee on Rules. Sergeant-at-Arms 3. Shall enforce rules subject to direction of Speaker, enforce order and exclude from floor all persons not entitled to privileges of same. 4. Duties of. Stenographer Order of Business 5. Reading and correction of Journal; general order of business; not to be departed from, except, etc.; orders of the day specified; order of business after regular orders of any day concluded; orders of the day not finished, acted upon next day. 6. How introduced. Of Bills 7. Private, how introduced. 8. Title of bill what to contain; bills amending codes, Greater New York Charter, chapter of Revised or Consolidated General Laws or other act having short title shall quote descriptive name of the code and may quote the short title of law and except private or local bills must contain brief reference to subject-matter of amendment; title of bill proposing amendment to other existing law must contain number of chapter of statute to be amended and year enacted with brief reference to subject-matter of proposed amendment; amendatory act must state in first section, if code amendment, descriptive name and section of Code; if Greater New York Charter, section of same as re-enacted by chapter 466, Laws 1901; if other law, section and chapter with year of enactment and title of original law and chapter and year of all amendatory acts. 9. Every bill to be printed and placed on files; in amendatory acts, when printed, new matter must be underscored, matter to be omitted bracketed; power of Speaker to cause bill to be reprinted. 10. After first reading, to be referred to committee; committee may report with or without amendment or adversely; proceedings after report. 11. Message from Senate communicating an amendment to be referred. 12. Bills on third reading to appear on the calendar on two Legislative days. 13. Bills on second reading subject to debate before ordered to third reading to be considered section by section; time allowed in debate; effect of ordering main question. 14. To receive three separate readings. 15. Petitions, memorials and remonstrances, how presented. Of Resolutions 16. Certain, to lie over one day. 17. Referring to printing extra copies, etc., to be referred to Committee on Public Printing. 18. Calling for or leading to expenditures, to be referred. Committees and their Duties 19. Standing committees, list of, to be appointed. 20. On Revision; duties; all bills shall be so referred prior to third reading. 21. Reports of committees; what must contain. 22. Committees shall make final reports on all matters on or before April fifth; no bills introduced after that date except messages from Senate. Special Orders 23. Any matter may be made a special order by assent of two-thirds; similar vote to postpone or rescind. Committee on Rules 24. Notice may be given to, last ten days, making any matter special order. Motions and their Precedence 25. When questions under consideration, no motion received, except, etc. 26. Motion to reconsider. 27. Motion to reconsider not to be reconsidered; what votes not to be reconsidered. 28. Recalling bill from the Governor for correction; vote for amendment to such bill may be taken immediately upon its return. 29. Previous question, how put; to preclude amendments or debate; "main question amendments. Assembly Chamber; and Admission to the Floor Thereof 30. Use of, in control of Speaker. 31. Who may be admitted to floor of House. 32. Reporters interested in legislation excluded from floor. Rights and Duties of Members 33. To vote, unless excused or directly interested; what deemed bar of the House. 34. Securing presence of members. 35. Call of House to secure attendance of members. 36. When less than quorum vote Speaker to order bar of House closed and roll called; if quorum present yeas and nays to be called; contempt to refuse to vote unless purged, etc. 37. Persons before bar of House for breach of privileges; Speaker to execute judgment. 38. Persons other than officers excluded from Clerk's desk during session of House. Order and Decorum 39. Member to address Speaker, and be recognized by him before proceeding in debate, etc. 40. Private discourse forbidden while member is speaking. 41. Member not to speak or leave his place while question is being put, or a count being had. 42. Members to keep seats until Speaker declares House adjourned. Order in Debate 43. No members to speak more than twice, etc., without leave and not more than fifteen minutes without twothirds vote. 44. When member may be called to order; to take his seat, except, etc. 45. Priority of business to be decided without debate. 46. House equally divided, question lost. 47. Division of question; motions to strike out or insert. 48. Entry of bill, order, motion, etc., on Journal; name of member introducing same to be also entered. 49. Yeas and nays, when may be taken; to be entered on Journal. 50. Roll-call on asking unanimous consent to advance bill. 51. Questions of order and decision thereon to be entered In Journal; at close of session to be printed as an appendix to Journal. 52. Request of members to be excused from voting, etc. Miscellaneous Provisions 53. Reporters; Clerk not to issue orders for stationery to, who are also reporters for Senate. 54. Sergeant-at-arms not to allow smoking in Assembly Chamber. Suspension of Rules 55. Standing rules not to be changed, suspended or rescinded, except on notice; what notice to contain and when given. |