DELEGATE CHABOT: I would like to
ask if Delegate Grant will yield for a
question.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Grant, do
you yield for a question?
DELEGATE GRANT: Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Proceed, Delegate
Chabot.
DELEGATE CHABOT: My question re-
lates to the last sentence of Amendment
No. 13. Do you mean by this that a legis-
lative representative may do everything,
except vote on the floor?
May he vote in committee, may he take
any other action that the General Assem-
bly may take?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Grant.
DELEGATE GRANT: It is not contem-
plated he would have a vote either on the
floor or in the committee.
The purpose of this amendment is as
follows:
There is a necessity for counties in this
state and there is a necessity for the state
to deal with counties as counties.
You have such matters as judicial, taxa-
tion and other items which have to be
taken up on a county basis. This is to make
available to the General Assembly on the
terms which it will prescribe the avail-
ability of a person who can come in, bring
in the necessary legislation, and give the
testimony.
The purpose in giving this constitutional
status is so that there will never be any
challenge to the legislation by the fact that
this is not provided in the constitution. How
it will be provided, how it will be imple-
mented will be left to the wisdom of the
General Assembly, since the entire thrust
of this amendment is to assist the General
Assembly in administering this state.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there any other
debate?
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 13 to Committee Recom-
mendation LB-1.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of Amend-
ment No. 13. A vote No is a vote against.
Cast your vote.
Has every delegate voted? |
Will the Doorkeeper see if there are any
delegates in the corridor? Does any dele-
gate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 59 votes in the affirmative,
and 6I votes in the negative, the motion is
lost. The amendment is rejected.
Are there any further amendments to
section 304?
Delegate Byrnes.
DELEGATE BYRNES: Mr. Chairman,
I have an amendment designated as "S"
which does not deal with it.
It would be a sentence added to the end
of 304.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is the amendment
presented?
DELEGATE BYRNES: It should be.
THE CHAIRMAN: The pages will dis-
tribute the amendment.
It will be designated as Amendment No.
14 to Committee Recommendation No. LB-I.
The Clerk will read the amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 14
to Committee Recommendation LB-I, by
Delegate Byrnes: On page 2 in Section
3.04, Composition of the Legislature, after
the period in line 6 add the following:
"To the extent practicable, senate dis-
trict boundaries shall cross county or Bal-
timore City political boundaries so as to
contain delegate districts from different
counties."
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there a second
to the amendment?
Is there a second to the amendment?
Is there a second to the amendment?
Did the Chair hear a second to the
amendment?
If any delegate seconds the amendment,
will he please stand by and use the micro-
phone and say so?
DELEGATE BURDETTE: I second the
amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Burdette
seconds the amendment. The Chair recog-
nizes Delegate Byrnes to speak to the
amendment. |
