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| show | the parliamentary motion to bring legislative business to an end
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| Adjournment to a Day Certain | show 🗑
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| show | the final adjournment of a legislative session for the year; the term literally means adjournment without a day [for reconvening]
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| Appropriation | show 🗑
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| show | a single, omnibus act passed annually to appropriate the funding of all state agencies and programs beginning the july 1 following passage and ending june 30; the act is proposed by the governor based on anticipated state revenues during the fiscal year
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| show | a single act passed annually to amend the general appropriations act then in force; this is done to adjust state spending to actual revenue, take care of emergencies or needs that come up after an appropriation act goes into effect
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| show | an act that is used to provide additional funding to a particular agency to finish the fiscal year
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| Budgetary Responsibility Oversight Committee (BROC) | show 🗑
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| Caucus | show 🗑
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| show | a group of legislators appointed by the presiding officer for the study of bills or other legislative purposes
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| show | a special committee consisting of three members from each house appointed by the presiding officers to seek a compromise when the two houses have passed different versions of the same bill and insist on their respective positions
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| show | created by the General Assembly to oversee a project --typically a large, capital-outlay construction project under jurisdiction of a state authority, and to advise legislators on funding, statutory, and other changes needing legislative action
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| show | one of a group of permanent legislative committees in each house that study bills that have been introduced and make recommendations to the full house as to whether such bills should be supported; are organized around functional areas
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| show | the entire membership of wither house sitting for the purpose of expediting consideration of a bill
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| show | a proofreading and verification of a bill or resolution for the purpose of making certain that the copy being officiated is identical with the version of the bill that passed that house
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| show | the 12-month accounting period for appropriations and financial reports (fed's begins oct 1)
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| show | the symbolic name for the place where legislators file bills for introduction with the Clerk of the House or Secretary of the Senate
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| show | a full time legislative staff agency that provides the General Assembly--and in particular the House and Senate appropriations committees--yr round support in appropriations, budget, and rev matters
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| show | activities by persons or groups acting on behalf of others to influence legislation
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| show | that legislator chosen by the majority party caucus to lead that party's members in a house
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| Official Code of Georgia Annotated | show 🗑
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| show | under parliamentary procedure, the device that allows a legislator to question the presiding officers ruling or action when that legislator believes the chair has not acted according to the rules of that house
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| Quorum | show 🗑
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| show | the successive readings in chamber of every bill and resolution having the effect of law before the final vote on passage can be taken
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| show | in the house, second reading occurs automatically on the legislative day following the bill's introduction; in the senate, second reading occurs on the legislative day after a bill is reported from standing committee
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| Reapportionment | show 🗑
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| Resolution | show 🗑
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| show | a resolution passed in one house only, which means it does not have the force law
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| show | a resolution passed by both houses sometimes known as a "concurrent resolution"
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| show | a simple or joint resolution that expresses the appreciation, recognition, or sympathy of one or both houses to some individual, group, or organization
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| Regular Session | show 🗑
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| show | a special mtg of the General Assembly in order to deal with pressing matters affecting the state; limited to 40 days
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| Unanimous Consent | show 🗑
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| Veto | show 🗑
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| Item Veto | show 🗑
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| show | an authority not provided in Georgia whereby bills not signed by the governor within a specified number of days after the session automatically are vetoed
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