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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
3HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
4the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 104th General 
5Assembly are amended by changing Rule 66 as follows:
 
 
6    (House Rule 66)
7    66. Motion to Adjourn or Adjourn to a Time Certain. 
8    (a) A motion to adjourn or adjourn to a time certain is in 
9order at any time, except when a prior motion to adjourn or 
10adjourn to a time certain has been defeated and no intervening 
11business has transpired.
12    (b) A motion to adjourn or adjourn to a time certain is 
13neither debatable nor amendable.
14    (c) The Clerk shall enter in the Journal the hour at which 
15every motion to adjourn or adjourn to a time certain is made.
16    (d) Unless the Presiding Officer otherwise orders, the 
17standing hour to which the House adjourns is 12:00 noon.
18    (d-5) A motion to adjourn to a time certain shall include 
19the date and time to which the House shall adjourn and must be 
20limited to the same or next scheduled legislative day. A 
21motion to adjourn to a time certain on a date the House is not 
22scheduled to convene shall be out of order.
23    (e) A motion to adjourn for more than 3 days is not in 
 
 
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1order unless both chambers of the General Assembly have 
2adopted a joint resolution permitting that adjournment. 
3Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules, any such 
4resolution filed in the House or received from the Senate may 
5be referred to the Rules Committee by the Presiding Officer or 
6may be immediately placed on the Daily Calendar for 
7consideration considered and adopted by the House.
8(Source: H.R. 36, 103rd G.A.)