Title CMA, Assembly Rules

§ 8. Committee action reports. a. All committees shall have the authority to act upon bills until the adjournment sine die of the House. b. Each committee shall, upon adjournment sine die of the House, file an action report which includes a summary of its action on all bills orig…

§ 9. Annual reports by standing committees. On or before December fifteenth in each year each standing committee shall make a report to the Speaker of the Assembly of its activities together with its legislative proposals.

RULE V MEMBERS

Section 1. Attendance. a. Attendance of members in the bar of the House during sessions of the House shall be continuously recorded electronically unless otherwise ordered by the Speaker. b. The bar of the House shall be deemed to include the entire Assembly Chamber and lobbies c…

§ 10. Use of legislative printing, mail and mass communication facilities. a. The use of legislative printing and mail facilities for newsletters and other forms of mass mailings which bear the name or likeness of a candidate in a local, special, primary or general election shall…

§ 11. Employee candidates for Senator or member of Assembly. No\nAssembly employee shall remain on the Assembly payroll while a candidate\nfor Senator or member of Assembly. For the purposes herein, an employee\nshall be deemed a candidate for Senator or member of the Assembly up…

§ 2. Voting. a. Every member who shall be within the bar of the House when a question is stated from the Chair shall vote thereon, provided, however, no vote shall be recorded for any member who is not present within the bar of the House at the time of such vote. The roll of abse…

§ 3. Name on Journal. Except for the advancement of a Senate bill which has been substituted for an Assembly bill, where a bill, order, motion or resolution shall be entered on the Journal, the name of the member introducing or moving the same shall also be entered on the Journal…

§ 4. Communications respecting bills. All written communications from public officers and agencies of the State or local governments furnished to a committee, respecting a bill which has been referred to such committee, for consideration, shall be available to the introducer of t…

§ 5. Making a Statement. Immediately after the completion of the orders of the day, and with the unanimous consent of the House, a member may make a statement, not exceeding fifteen minutes in length, concerning a subject or matter not pending before the House for consideration. …

§ 6. Debate. a. No member rising to debate, to give notice, make a motion or report, or to present a petition or other paper, shall proceed until such member shall have addressed the Speaker from his or her place and has been recognized by the Speaker. While a member is speaking,…

§ 7. Adjournment. a. When a motion to adjourn is carried, the members and officers shall keep their seats and places until the Speaker declares the House adjourned. b. No motion to adjourn sine die shall be in order until all bills transmitted to the Governor shall have been acte…

§ 8. Contest of election. A contest of the election of any member shall be referred to the Judiciary Committee for investigation and report.

§ 9. Staff, materials and other perquisites. Each member of the House shall be entitled to an equal allocation of printed newsletters and other printed materials and postage therefor, and stationery and other similar perquisites, and each member shall receive an equal allowance f…

RULE VI ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE

Section 1. Opening Day. Pursuant to section four of Article XIII of the Constitution, the Assembly shall convene on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January at 12:00 noon in the Assembly Chamber.

§ 2. First Year Procedure. a. In every odd-numbered year, the Clerk of the Assembly during the prior year shall convene the Assembly as Acting Clerk thereof, unless otherwise provided by the Members of Assembly present. b. A member of the clergy shall offer prayer. c. The Acting …

§ 3. Minority Leader. The recognized leader of the Minority shall be the Minority Leader of the Assembly for a term of two years.

§ 4. Continuity and Applicability. Section two of this Rule shall continue and apply on the first Wednesday following the first Monday in January following a general election of the Members of Assembly, notwithstanding that the rules of the House have not yet been adopted by the …

RULE VII GUIDELINES FOR A SYSTEM OF INTERNAL CONTROLS

Section 1. Internal Controls. Pursuant to Article six of the Legislative Law as enacted by the New York State Governmental Accountability, Audit and Internal Control Act of 1999, the following guidelines for a System of Internal Controls are hereby established. a. All financial t…

§ 2. Expenditure reporting. Not later than January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-six, the Speaker shall cause the establishment of a system of expenditure reporting whereby expenditures of the House shall be reported by such categories as he or she shall determine. Report…

RULE VIII PUBLIC ACCESS TO RECORDS

Section 1. Intent. It is the intent of the Assembly that central administrative records maintained by the Assembly be governed by the same presumption of disclosure which governs access to executive agency records, with similar enumerated exceptions.

§ 2. Disclosure policy. a. In addition to any records required to be made available pursuant to the provisions of section eighty-eight of the public officers law and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all other existing records maintained by the Assembly shall be a…

§ 3. Public information office. There shall be an Assembly Public Information Office to provide and disseminate information to the media and to the general public in accordance with the provisions of the "Freedom of Information Law" and this rule. …

RULE IX AMENDMENT AND SUSPENSION OF RULES

Section 1. Amendment of Rules. No standing Rule or order of the House shall be amended unless three days' notice shall have been given of the motion therefor; nor shall such amendment be made unless by a vote of a majority of all the members elected to the Assembly.

§ 2. Suspension of Rules. a. No standing Rule or order of the House shall be suspended unless one day's notice shall have been given of the motion therefor; nor shall such suspension be made unless by a vote of a majority of all the members elected to the Assembly. b. Such notice…

§ 3. Unanimous Consent. Any Rule or order may be amended or suspended by unanimous consent without prior notice.