Section III Section 20

Constitution

Effective - 08 Dec 1988, see footnote   

  III Section 20.  Regular sessions of assembly — quorum — compulsory attendance — public sessions — limitation on power to adjourn. — The general assembly shall meet on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January following each general election.  The general assembly may provide by law for the introduction of bills during the period between the first day of December and the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January.

  The general assembly shall reconvene on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January after adjournment at midnight on May thirtieth of the preceding year.  A majority of the elected members of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide.  The sessions of each house shall be held with open doors, except in cases which may require secrecy but not including the final vote on bills, resolutions and confirmations.  Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than ten days at any one time, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses may be sitting.

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Source: Const. of 1875, Art. IV §§ 18, 19, 20, 23 (Amended November 3, 1970) (Amended November 8, 1988).