North Dakota SB 2333: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 54-03-02 and 54-35-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to annually reconvened sessions of the legislative assembly.

Bill Text

23.0783.02000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Larsen, Meyer, Paulson
Representatives Christensen, Hagert, Stemen
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 54-03-02 and 54-35-16 of the North Dakota
Century Code, relating to annually reconvened sessions of the legislative assembly.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 54-03-02 of the North Dakota Century Code is
amended and reenacted as follows:
54-03-02. When legislative assembly meets.
1. The legislative assembly shall meet at the seat of government in the month of
December following the election of theits members thereof for organizational and
orientation purposes and shall thereafter recess after the organizational session until
the time provided in subdivision a of subsection 2.
2. The legislative assembly shall reconvene annually for a number of days to be
determined by the legislative assembly, but the total number of days may not exceed
the number of natural days available under the constitution.
a. In odd - numbered years, the legislative assembly shall convene at twelve noon on
the first Tuesday after the third day in January of the year following the
organizational session as provided in subsection 1 or at twelve noon on a date
selected by the legislative management but not earlier than January second nor
later than January eleventh of the year following the organizational session and,
following. At the close of business of the regular session, the legislative
assembly, shall adjournrecess subject to subdivision b and subsection 3.
b. In even - numbered years, the legislative assembly shall reconvene at a time and
date selected by the legislative management. The legislative assembly may
review and, if necessary, amend the budget and appropriations, and may
consider any other matter within the authority of the legislative assembly.
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Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly
Following the close of business, the legislative assembly shall recess subject to
subsection 3.
3. Notwithstanding a motion to adjourn sine die, the legislative assembly shall reconvene
as determined by the legislative management. The number of natural days used may
not exceed the number of natural days available under the constitution which have not
been previously used previously by that legislative assembly in regular session under
subsection 2.
4. An interim committee of the legislative management may continue to meet during a
legislative session.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Section 54-35-16 of the North Dakota Century Code is
amended and reenacted as follows:
54-35-16. Authority to determine if legislative assembly meets.
The legislative management may issue a call for the legislative assembly to convene after it
has adjourned under subsection 2 or 3 of section 54-03-02. The length of a legislative session
called under this section may not exceed the number of natural days available under the
constitution which have not been used by that legislative assembly. The legislative management
may exercise this authority, and the legislative assembly shall meet, regardless of whether the
motion to close the regular session of the legislative assembly was to recess to a time certain,
adjourn to a time certain, or adjourn sine die.
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