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Parliamentary procedure is the accepted rules,ethics,and customs governing meetings of an assembly or organization. Its object is to allow orderly deliberation upon questions of interest to the organization and thus to arrive at the sense or the will of the majority of the assembly upon these questions. Self-governing organizations follow parliamentary procedure to debate and reach group decisions,usually by vote,with the least possible friction.
A quorum is the minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly necessary to conduct the business of that group. According to Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised,the "requirement for a quorum is protection against totally unrepresentative action in the name of the body by an unduly small number of persons." In contrast,a plenum is a meeting of the full body. A body,or a meeting or vote of it,is quorate if a quorum is present.
A serjeant-at-arms,or sergeant-at-arms,is an officer appointed by a deliberative body,usually a legislature,to keep order during its meetings. The word "serjeant" is derived from the Latin serviens,which means "servant". Historically,serjeants-at-arms were armed men retained by English lords and monarchs,and the ceremonial maces which they are associated with were originally a type of weapon.
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The Tennessee General Assembly (TNGA) is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is a part-time bicameral legislature consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The Speaker of the Senate carries the additional title and office of Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee. In addition to passing a budget for state government plus other legislation,the General Assembly appoints three state officers specified by the state constitution. It is also the initiating body in any process to amend the state's constitution.
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The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members,representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections held in even-numbered years.
A parliamentary authority is a book of rules for conducting business in deliberative assemblies. Several different books have been used by legislative assemblies and by organizations' deliberative bodies.
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL),established in 1975,is a "nonpartisan public officials’association composed of sitting state legislators" from the states,territories and commonwealths of the United States.
The Utah State Senate is the upper house of the Utah State Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The Utah Senate is composed of 29 elected members representing an equal number of senate districts. Each senate district is composed of approximately 95,000 people. Members of the Senate are elected to four-year terms without term limits. The Senate convenes at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City.
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Max Tyler is a small business owner and former legislator from Lakewood,Colorado. A Democrat,he was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives in 2010 after being appointed in May 2009 following the resignation of Gwyn Green and subsequently elected to the post. Term-limited,he completed his final term in January 2017. He represented the 23rd district,which covers half of Golden,Applewood,and Lakewood within Jefferson County. The district boundaries changed with the decennial reapportionment in 2011,and the new House District 23 includes north and west Lakewood.
Sue Rezin is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 38th district since her appointment in December 2010. The 38th district includes Bureau,Putnam,LaSalle,Grundy,and Kendall counties in north central Illinois.
Ellie Boldman is an American attorney and politician serving as a Democratic member of the Montana Senate,representing District 45. Previously,she served in the Montana House of Representatives,representing District 90,which includes central Missoula,Montana,from 2011 through 2019. Due to state constitutional term limits,Boldman was unable to file for re-election to the Montana House of Representatives and subsequently filed for election to the Montana Senate Seat 45 in 2020.
Greg Leding is a member of the Arkansas Senate representing District 4 since January 14,2019. Leding previously served in the Arkansas House of Representatives,representing the 86th district in Fayetteville,the state's third-largest city,which includes Fayetteville High School,the West Dickson Street Commercial Historic District,the Fayetteville Historic Square,the Washington-Willow Historic District,and the University of Arkansas,the state's largest university. Fayetteville is located in Washington County.
David M. Gallegos is an American politician serving as a member of the New Mexico Senate from the 41st district. Gallegos previously served in the New Mexico House of Representatives and was a member of the Eunice,New Mexico School Board for 21 years. He currently serves on the Senate Conservation Committee and the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee.
Debra Marie Sariñana is an American educator and politician serving as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives from the 21st district,which includes a portion of Bernalillo County.
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- ↑ "Shirley Tyler". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ↑ "Former Representative Shirley A. Tyler - (R)". www.nmlegis.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ↑ Smith, Mike. "Eddy County Board of Commissioners mull over State Senate replacements". Carlsbad Current-Argus. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ↑ "NCSL Nuclear Legislative Workgroup Meeting/DOE Intergovernmental Meeting". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ↑ "Lawmaker Marries In State House Chamber". KOAT. 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
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