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1 Delegate Proposal No. 259. The Clerk will
read the proposal.
MR. QUILLEN: Delegate Proposal No. 259,
by Delegate Gallagher at the request of the Committee on
The Legislative Branch. A Proposal that Article III,
Section 5.12 of the Constitution provide that the leader-
ship of the Senate and the House of Delegates be empowered
to call special sessions of the General Assembly, and
that the Constitution provide for split sessions of
the General. Assembly for budget purposes, to read as
follows:
The General Assembly shall convene in regular
session on the third Wednesday of January of
each year, unless otherwise prescribed by law, and
may continue in session for a period not longer than ninety
days; provided, however, that by a majority vote of
each house a session may be split into two parts for
the purpose of considering the budget.
The Governor may convene a special session of
the General Assembly at any time. The Speaker of the
House of Delegates and the President of the Senate, |
