BILL NUMBER: HR 5	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2011

   Relative to Assembly Rule 49.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That Rule 49
of the Standing Rules of the Assembly for the 2011-12 Regular Session
is amended to read:
      Limitation on the Introduction of Bills

   49.  (a) A Member may introduce not more than  40
  30  bills in the regular session. As used in this
rule, "bills" includes constitutional amendments.
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of this rule, a Member may
introduce not more than five resolutions in the regular session. As
used in this rule, "resolutions" include House, Concurrent ,
 and Joint Resolutions, but do not include resolutions
introduced by a Member for the specific purpose of organizing a
session that is convened pursuant to  subdivision (a) of Section
3 of  Article IV  , Section 3(a)  of the
 State   California  Constitution or
resolutions introduced by the Speaker as part of a session honoring a
retiring Assembly Member.
   (c) This rule may be suspended with respect to a particular bill
or resolution by approval of the Committee on Rules.