Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 Oregon Laws 2009

AN ACT

Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon:

          (1) The Senate and the House of Representatives shall adhere to the following schedule and deadlines for the regular session of the Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly:

          (a) The Senate and the House of Representatives shall convene in regular session on January 12, 2009.

          (b) The Senate and the House of Representatives shall convene their respective floor sessions one day or more each week from January 12, 2009, through February 20, 2009.

          (c) Members and committees shall submit requests for drafts of measures to the Office of the Legislative Counsel on or before February 2, 2009.

          (d) Members and committees shall submit drafts of measures for introduction to the Senate and House Desks no later than March 2, 2009.

          (e) The Senate and House of Representatives may convene daily floor sessions beginning on February 23, 2009.

          (f) Committee chairpersons shall schedule work sessions for measures in the chamber of origin no later than April 17, 2009. This paragraph does not apply to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, other joint committees, Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue, House Committee on Revenue, Senate Committee on Rules and House Committee on Rules.

          (g) Committees shall consider measures in the chamber of origin no later than April 28, 2009. This paragraph does not apply to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, other joint committees, Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue, House Committee on Revenue, Senate Committee on Rules and House Committee on Rules.

          (h) Committee chairpersons shall schedule work sessions for measures in the second chamber no later than May 20, 2009. This paragraph does not apply to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, other joint committees, Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue, House Committee on Revenue, Senate Committee on Rules and House Committee on Rules.

          (i) Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives shall close no later than May 28, 2009. This paragraph does not apply to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, other joint committees, Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue, House Committee on Revenue, Senate Committee on Rules and House Committee on Rules.

          (j) The Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly shall adjourn no later than June 30, 2009.

          (2) The rules of the Senate and House of Representatives shall apply to matters not specified in this resolution. The rules of the Senate and House of Representatives may establish timelines for priority measures, for measures approved by the presiding officers or for appropriation and fiscal measures approved by the Joint Committee on Ways and Means that are different from the timelines established in subsection (1) of this resolution.

Filed in the office of Secretary of State January 23, 2009

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