INDEX TO THE JOINT RULES

List of Sections of the Joint Rules

Amendments

• Time of presentation - Rule 403
• Errors and inconsistencies legislation - Rule 311
• Fiscal notes - Rule 312

Appropriations measures

• Fiscal notes - Rule 312
• Subcommittees - Rule 314, Part 2

Bills and resolves

• Amendment - Rule 403
• Claims against the state - Rule 216
• Cloture rule, first regular session - Rule 202
• Cloture rule, second regular or special session - Rule 203
• Committee reports - Rules 309, 310
• Consideration - Rule 402
• Correction of clerical mistakes - Rule 212
• Cosponsorship - Rule 206
• Departmental bills - Rule 204
  • Indication on bill - Rule 206
• Disclosure of titles - Rule 207
• Drafting requirements - Rules 202, 208, 209
• Errors and inconsistencies legislation - Rule 311
• Fiscal notes - Rule 312
• Form and allocation to statutes - Rule 210
• Governor's bills
  • Indication on bill - Rule 206
• Indian Affairs
  • Sponsorship, cosponsorship - Rule 206
• Late filing, procedure - Rule 205
• Nonconcurrent action - Rule 402
• Prefiling - Rule 201
• Presentation to Governor - Rule 405
• Printing and distribution - Rules 308, 401
• Pursuant to law or resolve - Rule 218
• Pursuant to studies - Rule 353
• Recall from legislative files - Rule 404
• Reference to committees - Rule 308
• Rejected measures - Rule 402
  • Reconsideration - Rule 404
  • Reintroduction - Rule 217
• Signature of sponsors - Rule 211
• Sponsors, notification of committee actions - Rules 305, 309, 310
• Sponsorship - Rule 206
• Summaries - Rule 209

Calendars

• Inclusion of papers - Rule 406
• Late filed legislation - Rule 205

Claims against the state - Rule 216

Clerk of the House

• Certification of employee vouchers - Rule 105
• Communications to the Senate - Rule 351, 408
• Prefiled legislation - Rule 201
• Reference of bills - Rule 308
• Responsibility for legislative papers - Rule 406

Cloture

• Confidentiality - Rule 207
• Departmental legislation - Rule 204
• First regular session - Rule 202
• Late filing, procedure - Rule 205
• Second regular or special session - Rule 203

Committee clerks - Rule 105

• Hiring and salaries - Rule 303

Committee, Government Oversight - Rule 371

Committees

• Fiscal notes - Rule 312
• Legislation pursuant to law or resolve - Rule 218
• Members, conflict of interests - Rule 104
• Members, Penobscot Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians - Rule 316
• Procedures - Rule 304
• Public hearings and work sessions - Rule 304
• Reports
  • Pursuant to law or resolve - Rule 218
  • Study reports - Rule 353

Committees, joint select - Rules 351, 354

Committees, joint standing

• Confirmation procedures - Rule 501
• Fiscal notes - Rule 312
• Legislation pursuant to law or resolve - Rule 218
• Policy areas, membership, procedures - Rules 301, 302, 304
• Reports - Rule 310
  • Study reports - Rule 353
  • Voting - Rule 310, Part 5
• Subcommittees on appropriations - Rule 314, Part 2

Committees of conference - Rule 352

Communications

• Delivery - Rule 408
• Joint select committees - Rule 314

Conference committees - Rule 352

Confirmation of gubernatorial appointments - Rule 502

• Partisan staff assistants - Rule 501

Conflict of interests - Rule 104

Constitution

• SEE United States Constitution

Constitutional Resolution - Rule 312-A

Conventions - Rule 407

Cosponsorship - Rule 206

Departmental legislation - Rules 204, 206

Distribution of documents - Rule 401

Employees of the House and Senate

• Salaries - Rule 105

Enactment of bills - Rule 405

Errors and inconsistencies legislation

• Amendments - Rule 311

Expense records of legislators - Rule 106

Fiscal notes - Rule 312

Fiscal and Program Review Office

• Fiscal notes - Rule 312

Fund For a Healthy Maine - Rule 317

Government Oversight Committee - Rule 371

Governor

• Indication of bill requests - Rule 206
• Nominations requiring legislative confirmation - Rules 501, 502
• Receipt of legislation - Rule 405

Indian

• SEE Penobscot Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians

Joint conventions - Rule 407

Joint Rules - Rule 354

Joint select committees

• SEE Committees, joint select

Joint standing committees

• SEE Committees, joint standing

Judicial Proceeding Priorities - Rule 318

Judiciary (Joint Standing Committee)

• Errors and inconsistencies legislation - Rule 311

Legislative Council

• Appointment, partisan staff assistants for nominations - Rule 501
• Departmental legislation received after cloture - Rule 205
• Executive Director
  • Employee salary information - Rule 105
• Introduction of bills
  • Second regular and special sessions - Rule 203
• Late-filed legislation - Rule 205
• Memorials - Rule 214
• Memorials relating to the U. S. Constitution - Rule 215
• Notification of meetings - Rule 107
• Reference of bills - Rule 308
• Study reports, extension - Rule 353

Mandates

• Fiscal notes - Rule 312

Memorials

• Cosponsorship - Rule 206
• Introduction - Rule 214
• United States Constitution - Rule 215

Nonconcurrent matters - Rule 402

Orders and resolutions

• SEE ALSO Sentiments, Legislative; Memorials
• Cosponsorship - Rule 206
• Suspension of orders - Rule 103

Penobscot Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians - Rule 316

• Amendments to Legislation - Rule 206, Part 3
• Sponsorship of Legislation - Rule 206, Part 3

Petitions, reference to committees - Rule 308

Prefiling procedure - Rule 201

President of the Senate

• Authorization of legislative sentiments - Rule 213
• Employee salaries - Rule 105
• Expense records of legislators - Rule 106
• Notice to committees - Rule 309
• Signature on enacted legislation - Rule 406

Printing of documents - Rule 401

Recall from legislative files - Rules 404, 310, Part 3

Recess of legislature

• Authorization of legislative sentiments - Rule 213
• Reference of bills - Rule 308, Part 2

Reference of bills - Rule 308

Rejected measures

• Reconsideration - Rule 404
• Reintroduction - Rule 217
• Return to other chamber - Rule 402

Resolutions

• SEE Memorials; Orders and resolutions

Resolves

• SEE Bills and resolves

Revisor of Statutes

• Allocation to statutes of legislation - Rule 210
• Cloture, departments - Rule 204
• Cloture, first regular session - Rule 202
• Cloture, second regular or special sessions - Rule 203
• Drafting requirements - Rules 202, 208, 209
• Form of legislative instruments - Rule 210
• Form of legislative sentiments - Rule 213
• Late filing of legislation - Rule 205

Rules

• Amendments to - Rule 102
• Suspension - Rule 103

Secretary of the Senate

• Certification of employee vouchers - Rule 105
• Communications to the House - Rules 351, 408
• Delivery of enacted legislation to Governor - Rule 405
• Prefiled legislation - Rule 201
• Reference of bills - Rule 308
• Responsibility for legislative papers - Rule 406

Sentiments, Legislative

• During recess of legislature - Rule 213
• Excluded from permanent journal and legislative record - Rule 213
• Sponsorship by Indian representatives - Rule 206, Part 3
• Standard forms - Rule 213

Speaker of the House

• Authorization of legislative sentiments - Rule 213
• Employee salaries - Rule 105
• Expense records of legislators - Rule 106
• Notice to committees - Rule 309
• Signature on enacted legislation - Rule 406

Sponsorship of bills and resolves - Rule 206

Study Reports - Rule 353

Summary - Rule 209

United States Constitution

• Actions relating to - Rule 215

Voting

• Acceptance of bills for second regular or special sessions - Rule 203
• Conflict of interests - Rule 104
• Members, Penobscot Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians - Rule 316