Title CMA, Assembly Rules

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

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

RULE V\n MEMBERS\n

Section 1. Attendance. a. Attendance of members in the bar of the\nHouse during sessions of the House shall be continuously recorded\nelectronically unless otherwise ordered by the Speaker.\n b. The bar of the House shall be deemed to include the entire Assembly\nChamber and lobb…

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

§ 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\nwhen a question is stated from the Chair shall vote thereon, provided,\nhowever, no vote shall be recorded for any member who is not present\nwithin the bar of the House at the time of such vote. The roll of\n…

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

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

§ 5. Making a Statement. Immediately after the completion of the\norders of the day, and with the unanimous consent of the House, a member\nmay make a statement, not exceeding fifteen minutes in length,\nconcerning a subject or matter not pending before the House for\nconsiderati…

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

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

§ 8. Contest of election. A contest of the election of any member\nshall be referred to the Judiciary Committee for investigation and\nreport.\n

§ 9. Staff, materials and other perquisites. Each member of the House\nshall be entitled to an equal allocation of printed newsletters and\nother printed materials and postage therefor, and stationery and other\nsimilar perquisites, and each member shall receive an equal allowanc…

RULE VI\n ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE\n

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

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

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

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

RULE VII\n GUIDELINES FOR A SYSTEM OF INTERNAL CONTROLS\n

Section 1. Internal Controls. Pursuant to Article six of the\nLegislative Law as enacted by the New York State Governmental\nAccountability, Audit and Internal Control Act of 1999, the following\nguidelines for a System of Internal Controls are hereby established.\n a. All financ…

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

RULE VIII\n PUBLIC ACCESS TO RECORDS\n

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

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

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

RULE IX\n AMENDMENT AND SUSPENSION OF RULES\n

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

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

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