SB 2319 — A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative management study relating to periodically reconvened sessions of the legislative assembly.

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2319 of North Dakota Introduced by Senators Magrum, Gerhardt A BILL for an Act to amendprovide andfor reenacta sectionslegislative 54-03-02management andstudy 54-35-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to periodically reconvened sessions of the legislative assembly;assembly.

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AMENDMENT.LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - PERIODICALLY RECONVENED SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

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54-03-02.The study must include consideration of the legislative assembly reconvening, as determined by legislative management, for three consecutive natural days each month except for December, on a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and in addition up to seven consecutive natural days each year.

WhenThe study may include consideration of alternate proposals for periodically reconvening and a review of the timing of the meeting of the legislative assembly meets.for organizational and orientation purposes.

1.The legislative management shall report its findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the seventieth legislative assembly.

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 until the time provided in subsection 2.

2.

a.

The legislative assembly shall reconvene at twelve noon on the first TuesdayFriday 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 the close of business of the regular sessionfollowing Sunday, shall adjournrecess subject to subdivision b and subsection 3.

b.

The legislative assembly shall reconvene, as determined by legislative management, for:

(1) Three consecutive natural days each month except for December, on a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday;

and (2) In addition to the natural days reconvened under paragraph 1, up to seven consecutive natural days each year.

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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 by that legislative assembly in regular session under subsection 2.

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 under subsection 3 of section 54-03-02 after itthe legislative assembly has adjourned under subsection 2 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.

SECTION 3.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act becomes effective on January 1, 2027.

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