Amendment #1 to H2015

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Representatives Jones of North Reading, Hill of Ipswich and Poirier of North Attleborough move to amend the order in proposed rule 12, by striking, in the first sentence, the word, “formal”

; and further, by striking the words, “The Clerk shall dispense with preparing and making available a Calendar for designated Informal Sessions of the House. As soon as practicable whenever the Clerk prepares a Calendar or advance Calendar under this rule, he also shall cause a true copy thereof to be posted on the Legislative Web Page that is generally available to all members and their staff, and reasonably promptly thereafter he shall cause the members and their staff to be notified of the same by way of electronic mail.”, and inserting in place thereof, the following:— “ Whenever the Clerk prepares a Calendar or advance Calendar under this rule, the Clerk shall also cause a true copy thereof, to be posted on the Legislative Web Page that is generally available to all members and their staff.  Reasonably promptly thereafter, but at least one half hour prior to the start of the session, the Clerk shall cause the members and their staff to be notified of the same by way of electronic mail.”

; and further, by inserting at the end of proposed rule 12, the following:— “Not less than 15 minutes prior to the convening of each session, the Clerk shall also make available by electronic mail transmission to all members of the House and legislative staff a list of all miscellaneous papers to be considered during the session including, but not limited to, reports of committees, engrossed bills, messages from the Governor and papers from the Senate, provided that the Clerk is in receipt of such papers.”