Act 80-1 (Repealed by Act 98-3)
SECTION I
It shall be illegal for any student of the Governor’s Program for Gifted Children to physically or emotionally abuse slaves purchased at a slave auction.
SECTION II
A student shall be said to be abusing a slave if he inflicts significant bodily harm, pain, or demoralizing embarrassment on the slave.
SECTION III
The Prosecuting Attorney shall press charges for the violation of this Act upon sworn affidavit by any student or faculty member.
SECTION IV
If found guilty, punishment results in forfeiting of the slave and of the money paid for the slave. Cases in which this Act is violated shall be tried in a special court consisting of the President, Chief Justice of the Student Court, and the Head Dorm Counselor.
Act 80-2
Repealed by the Director
Act 80-3
LEGALIZATION OF THE JUDICIAL MANUAL
SECTION I
The judiciary shall be bound to follow the forms and procedures prescribed in the latest edition of the Judicial Manual.
SECTION II
The Judicial Manual shall be amendable by statutory procedure.
SECTION III
Any action taken by the judiciary in which the manual is violated shall be invalid.
Act 81-1
The Student Court of the GPGC Student Government shall be empowered to amend the Judicial Manual with the advice and consent of the Legislature.
Act 81-2
RIGHTS OF THE MUSICALLY GIFTED
All students in the program for the musically gifted shall be accorded the civil rights, privileges, and restrictions accorded to other GPGC students of their age classification, regardless of their year of entry.
Act 81-3
Repealed by the Director.
Act 82-1
COMMITTEE SYSTEM AND LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
SECTION I
The House of Representatives shall be divided as equally as may be into two standing committees of which one shall be designated “Committee A” and the other “Committee B”.
SECTION II
Members of the House shall be given their committee assignments at the first meeting of the House after this Act had become law or, in successive years, at the first meeting after the installation of the new House. The Secretary of the Student Government shall assign members to committees by the following method: from a complete roll of the House drawn up by class and in which members are listed alphabetically within each class, the Secretary shall begin with the first name listed for Freshman Representative assigning that member to Committee A, the second to Committee B, the third to Committee A, and so on until all Freshman Representatives shall have been assigned. The Secretary shall repeat this process for each successive class until all members have been assigned, assigning the first member listed under one class to a different committee than the last member listed under the previous class so the number of members assigned to one committee shall differ from the number of members assigned to the other committee by no more than on. House members shall remain members of the committee to which they have been assigned until a new House has been elected and installed.
SECTION III
Each committee shall elect its Chairman from the members of the Committee. The Chairman shall be empowered to preside over all committee functions, call committee meetings, and set the agenda of the committee within legal limits. The Chairman shall sign all committee reports, be responsible for reporting all findings of the committee to the full House and may appoint a Chairman Pro Tempore from the membership of the Committee to act as Chairman upon the absence or disability of the Chairman.
SECTION IV
All bills, including those introduced and passed in the Senate before being acted on by the House, shall be referred to a standing committee before they are considered by the full House. Referral of House bills shall be made on an alternating basis with all odd-numbered bills referred to Committee A and all even-numbered bills referred to Committee B. Senate bills shall be referred by the above rule. Resolutions shall proceed directly to floor action.
SECTION V
Each committee shall hold public hearings on all bills referred to it. The time and place for each hearing shall be set by the committee Chairman who shall conspicuously post notices of all hearings at least one full day before the hearing shall be convened. All such notices shall bear the name of the committee, the Short and Long Titles of the bill(s) to be considered, the date, time, and place of the hearing, and an invitation to all interested students, faculty and staff to attend.
The hearing shall be convened no more than three school days after the bill is referred to the committee and a copy is transmitted to the Chairman. The Chairman shall make copies of the bill available to the President, all members of the committee, the Director of the Governor’s Program for Gifted Children, the Student Government Advisor, and to all other interested parties no later than the night before the hearing is convened. If times and circumstances permit, more than one bill may be considered at a single meeting.
SECTION VI
The Committee shall provide opportunity for interested persons to give testimony on each bill considered by it. The author of the bill, the Director of the Governor’s Program for Gifted Children, the Student Government Advisor, Faculty and Staff members, and Student Government officials, in that order, shall be given ordinal preference in being called to present their testimony to the committee. Otherwise, the Chairman shall schedule witnesses in any order he or she fees to be expedient. Each committee may establish compulsory process for summoning students to testify. Committees may also request the testimony of faculty members.
SECTION VII
Before being allowed to testify, the witness shall be asked by the Chairman to stand, raise his or her right hand, and reply affirmatively to the following oath: “Do you solemnly swear (or affirm) that the testimony you are about to give to this committee is, to the best of your knowledge, the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?” Having been sworn in, the witness may make a prepared statement no more than ten minutes in length. Each member of the committee will then be allowed five minutes in which to question the witness. After all committee members who so desire have questioned the witness, he or she will be dismissed.
SECTION VIII
After all the witnesses shall have been heard, the committee shall consider the bill and draft its report to the full House. In its report, the committee shall give its recommendation for House action on the bill. The committee may recommend that the bill be rejected, adopted, adopted with amendments, tabled, or that other action be taken. The committee may suggest amendments but is not empowered to amend the bill on its own authority. Any committee suggested amendments shall be incorporated into the committee report. Any committee report must be approved by a majority of committee members present. Any member of the committee who disagrees with the committee report may draft and file a minority report.
SECTION IX
A committee may hold public hearings on any matter that a majority of the committee shall indicate by a signed petition to be worthy of the committee’s attention. Such a petition shall be presented to the Chairman who shall hold a committee hearing within five school days of his receipt of the petition.
SECTION X
Four-fifths of the members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for that committee.
SECTION XI
Where this Act is silent as to procedure, all committee proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order.
SECTION XII
The heading of a bill shall differ from the form set forth in Article I Section I of the Legislative Manual in that all bills originally introduced in the House of Representatives shall bear the words “House Bill” in the place of the words “Legislative Bill” while bills originally introduced in the Senate shall bear the words “Senate Bill” in the same location. Resolutions shall substitute the word “Resolution” for the word “Bill”. All House bills which have been passed by the Senate in a different form from that which was passed by the House shall have the letter :S” placed immediately after the bill number. Example: House Bill 82-5 S. All Senate Bills passed by the House in a different form from that which was passed by the Senate shall have the letter “H” placed immediately after the bill number. Example: Senate Bill 82-4 H. any Conference Committee version of a bill which shall differ from both the House and Senate versions of that bill shall have the letter “C” placed after the bill. Example: House Bill 82-6 C. Any resolutions passed by the House and the Senate in identical form shall be designated “Joint Resolutions” and shall be assigned a special joint resolution number by the Secretary. For example, the first joint resolution enacted in 1983 would be designated “Joint Resolution 83-1”.
SECTION XIII
Pursuant to Act 73-5, no piece of legislation shall be submitted to the Legislature or any house hereof unless it has been approved for form by the Student Government Advisor. Legislation approved by the Advisor shall bear a statement that it has been approved for form and shall be signed by him. Content and policy implications of a piece of legislation shall not be a valid factor in the Advisor’s review. The Student Government Advisor shall transmit all approved legislation to the Secretary of the Student Government and shall return legislation not approved for form to the author(s) with corrections and suggestions.
SECTION XIV
Retaining one copy for Government files, the Secretary shall transmit submitted legislation as follows: House Bills to the Chairman of the appropriate committee, Senate Bills and resolutions to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and Constitutional amendment petitions simultaneously to the Leader of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
SECTION XV
All legislation passed by the Senate shall be signed by the presiding officer of that body at the time that it passed that body. For example, if the Lieutenant Governor is presiding at that time, he or she shall sign the legislation. Bills originating in and passed by the Senate shall be transmitted to the Secretary who shall transmit them to the Chairman of the appropriate House committee. The Secretary shall retain a copy of each such bill. Senate resolutions shall be transmitted to the Secretary who shall retain one copy and shall transmit or not transmit the resolution to the Leader of the House as per the written instructions of the Senate.
SECTION XVI
Bills and resolutions passed by the House of Representatives shall be signed by the Leader of the House. Bills originating in and passed by the House shall, after being signed as per above, be transmitted to the Secretary who shall place one copy on file and transmit one copy to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. House resolutions upon passage and signature shall be transmitted to the Secretary who shall retain one copy and shall transmit or not transmit the resolution to the President Pro Tempore as per the written instructions of the House.
SECTION XVII
Legislation originating in one body of the Legislature and passed unchanged by the other shall retain its passage signature from the first body, be signed by the appropriate official of the second body, and transmitted by the Secretary to the President for his or her signature.
SECTION XVIII
Should one body of the Legislature amend a bill referred to it by another, a new copy of the bill shall be drawn up which shall incorporate the amendment(s), delete the signature indicating its passage by the other body, and bear a new heading as per Section I of this Act. The new version of the bill shall be transmitted to the Secretary who, after retaining a copy of it for Government records, shall transmit a copy to the appropriate official of the body in which the bill originated. If that body shall not adopt the amended version of the bill within two school days, copies of both versions of the bill shall be transmitted to the Conference Committee. If the originating body shall adopt the amended version of the bill, the bill shall receive its passage signature and be transmitted to the Secretary who shall transmit it to the President for his or her signature.
SECTION XIX
If the Conference Committee shall arrive upon a version of the bill which differs from both the House and Senate versions, a new copy of the bill shall be drawn up bearing the conference amendments, the signature of the Conference Committee Chairman, and a new heading as per Section I of this Act. All House and Senate passage signatures shall be deleted from the conference version. The conference version of the bill shall be transmitted to the Secretary who shall make a copy for Government records and shall transmit one copy each to the Leader of the House and The President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Should the House and Senate both concur in the conference version, a copy of it bearing passage signatures from both bodies and the signature of the Conference Committee shall be forwarded by the Secretary to the President for signature.
SECTION XX
The Secretary shall assign Act numbers to all Acts of the Legislature before they are presented to the President for signature. The Secretary shall also retain copies of all versions of all bills as well as of Acts, Statutes, and committee reports and shall make copies of all such documents publicly accessible.