On page 1, line 3, of the Introduced bill, after "Dakota:" delete "Section 1. That § 2-7-6. 1 be AMENDED:
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On page 1, line 4, of the Introduced bill, after "AMENDED:" delete "2-7-6. 1. "
On page 1, line 4, of the Introduced bill, after "2-7-6.1. " delete "No bill or joint resolution may be introduced in either house of the Legislature by any committee thereof, except:
(1) A bill or a joint resolution introduced by any standing committee of either house;
(2) A bill or joint resolution referred to the Legislature from an interim committee of the State Legislative Research Council;
(3) A bill or joint resolution introduced, by one or more committee members upon majority vote of the interim committee, at the request of the interim:
(a) Rules Review Committee, the interim;
(b) Government Operations and Audit Committee, the interim ;
(c) Retirement Laws Committee, the interim;
(d) Joint Bonding Review Committee, and the interim;
(e) State-Tribal Relations Committee by one or more committee members upon majority vote of the interim committee; or
(f) Code Commission; or
(4) A bill or joint resolution introduced at the request of the Governor, an executive agency, or of the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
The committee shall obtain a written request for such the introduction from either the council Legislative Research Council, the Governor, the department head of an executive agency, a constitutional officer or board, or the chief justice, and shall retain such the request in its file. Committee bills introduced on behalf of a department head of an executive agency, a constitutional officer, or board may be introduced by the chairman chair without a vote of the committee for purposes of prefiling.
Nothing in this section prohibits one or more legislators from introduction of introducing a bill or a joint resolution."