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House declares emergency, places two local recovery bills on record after Super Typhoon Sinaloku
Summary
The House unanimously approved a motion to declare an emergency so members could formally introduce two local appropriation bills funded by poker fees to aid recovery from Super Typhoon Sinaloku: House Local Bill 24-56 ($156,000) and House Local Bill 24-57 (reappropriations totaling $80,000).
The Speaker presiding over the House called a special emergency session and, after the clerk reported 15 members present, the chamber voted to declare that an emergency exists to allow immediate placement of local recovery measures on the House record.
The floor leader moved “that this House formally determine that an emergency exists and proceed with convening of the second day first special session,” citing the “urgent need to allow for the formal introduction and placement on the House record of local appropriation measures … thereby commencing the required legislative appearance in…
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