House Concurrent Resolution 11 Oregon Laws 2011

(1) This resolution constitutes a rule of proceeding of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly.

(2) The Senate and the House of Representatives shall adhere to the following schedule and deadlines for the 2011 regular session of the Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly:

(a) The Senate and the House of Representatives shall convene in regular session on February 1, 2011.

(b) The Senate and the House of Representatives shall convene their respective floor sessions one day or more each week from February 1, 2011, through February 25, 2011.

(c) Members and committees shall submit requests for drafts of measures to the Office of the Legislative Counsel on or before January 14, 2011.

(d) Members and committees shall submit drafts of measures for introduction to the Senate and House Desks no later than February 17, 2011.

(e) The Senate and House of Representatives may convene daily floor sessions beginning on February 28, 2011.

(f) Committee chairpersons shall schedule work sessions for measures in the chamber of origin no later than April 8, 2011. 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, House Committee on Rules, Senate Committee on Redistricting and House Committee on Redistricting.

(g) Committees shall consider measures in the chamber of origin no later than April 21, 2011. 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, House Committee on Rules, Senate Committee on Redistricting and House Committee on Redistricting.

(h) Committee chairpersons shall schedule work sessions for measures in the second chamber no later than May 23, 2011. 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, House Committee on Rules, Senate Committee on Redistricting and House Committee on Redistricting.

(i) Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives shall close no later than June 1, 2011. 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, House Committee on Rules, Senate Committee on Redistricting and House Committee on Redistricting.

(3) The rules of the Senate and House of Representatives shall apply to matters not specified in this resolution and shall take precedence over matters 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, for measures approved by joint committees or for appropriation and fiscal measures approved by the Joint Committee on Ways and Means that are different from the timelines established in subsection (2) of this resolution.

(4) Per diem payments described in ORS 171.072 (3) may not be made for calendar days in January 2011 that occur after the date of adjournment of the respective house of the Legislative Assembly for the organizational session or January 14, 2011, whichever is earlier.

Filed in the office of Secretary of State March 3, 2011

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