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Assembly Rule 5. Chief clerk's duties. ar5(1)(1)
The assembly chief clerk shall:
ar5(1)(a)
(a) Open the biennial session of the assembly following the one to which the chief clerk was elected. If the chief clerk is unavailable, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall preside for the opening of the session.
ar5(1)(b)
(b) Supervise the preparation and keeping of the daily journal, daily calendars, bulletins of proceedings, and schedule of committee activities.
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(bm) Supervise the provision of calendars to the members.
ar5(1)(c)
(c) Supervise the official recording of all assembly actions and the making of all required entries in the history file for proposals.
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(d) During or after each daily session, notify the legislative reference bureau of any proposal introduced or offered on that day, or of any substitute amendment or amendment offered on that day.
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(e) Supervise the engrossing and enrolling of any proposal as directed by the speaker or the committee on assembly organization.
ar5(1)(f)
(f) Any assembly proposal ordered engrossed and read a 3rd time shall be reviewed by the chief clerk with regard to incorporating amendments that have been adopted. When a proposal has been correctly engrossed, it shall be submitted to the assembly for a 3rd reading. If the proposal is to be reproduced in engrossed form, the work shall be performed by the legislative reference bureau under joint rule 63. ar5(1)(g)
(g) After a bill, or a joint resolution requiring enrolling, has passed, or is adopted by, the assembly and been concurred in by the senate, or after an assembly joint resolution requiring enrolling has been adopted, the chief clerk shall promptly deliver the proposal to the legislative reference bureau, which shall promptly enroll it, prepare the requisite number of copies, and return the proposal and enrolled copies to the clerk. When the enrolling of a proposal has been completed, the chief clerk shall notify the assembly by entering a report of the enrollment in the journal.
ar5(1)(h)
(h) Maintain custody of official assembly records and documents and report any missing record or document to the speaker.
ar5(1)(i)
(i) Arrange for the opening prayer at any daily session.
ar5(1)(j)
(j) Countersign with the speaker documents that, by law or rule, require the personal signature of the chief clerk.
ar5(1)(k)
(k) Make all required reports regarding appointments of members of the assembly.
ar5(1)(L)
(L) Certify the proper compensation and allowance due to each member and the chief clerk.
ar5(1)(m)
(m) Certify the names of all persons employed and the capacity in which employed and, with the approval of the speaker, the proper compensation due each such employee.
ar5(1)(n)
(n) Deposit with the secretary of state's office any assembly joint resolution that has been enrolled.
ar5(1)(o)
(o) Present to the governor for action all assembly bills that have passed both houses of the legislature, been enrolled, and signed by the proper officers.
ar5(1)(p)
(p) Deposit with the secretary of state's office, at the close of each biennial session and at the close of each special session, the full record of assembly action on all proposals together with other important documents in the possession of the assembly.
ar5(1)(q)
(q) Certify to the secretary of state any assembly bill or portion thereof which has passed the legislature notwithstanding the objections of the governor.
ar5(1)(r)
(r) Supervise the preparation of the journal of the assembly and deposit it as required by legislative rule or by law.
ar5(1)(s)
(s) Supervise the keeping of records concerning retirement contributions, social security, insurance, allowances, and related matters and certify the same to the appropriate department.
ar5(1)(t)
(t) Implement and maintain a sound personnel management program for the assembly.
ar5(1)(u)
(u) File one copy of each report of a standing committee concerning a proposed administrative rule under rule 20 with the head of the agency proposing the rule, the chief clerk of the senate, and the cochairpersons of the joint committee for review of administrative rules.
ar5(1)(v)
(v) Perform, under the supervision of the speaker, all additional duties or services assigned to the office of chief clerk by law, legislative rule, directive of the assembly, or custom.
ar5(2)
(2) The chief clerk may delegate specific portions of the work assigned to the chief clerk or to the clerk's office to appropriate staff, but shall supervise and remain responsible for its execution.
ar5(3)
(3) The chief clerk shall designate an employee assigned to the clerk's office as assistant chief clerk to direct the duties of that office in the temporary absence of the chief clerk until the return of the chief clerk. If the chief clerk is separated by death, resignation, or removal from office, the assistant chief clerk may exercise all of the powers and shall carry out all of the duties of chief clerk until a chief clerk is elected.
ar5(4)
(4) In order to comply with joint rule 13 and section 10 of article IV of the constitution, the chief clerk may perform all of the duties enumerated under rule 3m, except that during any session convened under this subsection the chief clerk may not perform any duty related to the enactment of legislation or the adoption of a resolution.