AN ACT making an appropriation to the Legislative Research Commission for expenses incurred in connection with the First Extraordinary Session of 1997 of the General Assembly, and declaring an emergency.
     Appropriate from the General Fund $30,800 per calendar day for payment of salaries and expenses; appropriate $3,000 per calendar day to the Legislative Research Commission for payment of expenses; transfer $4,500 per calendar day from the monthly expenses of legislators' account to the legislative session fund; appropriate $15,000 for the cost of printing and binding the Acts; appropriate $85,400 to pay for expert testimony, legislative travel, and stationery allowances; provide the pages shall receive a per diem of $25 each; EMERGENCY, retroactive to May 12,1997.

     May 12-introduced in House
     May 13-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
     May 14-posting waived; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
     May 15-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for May 16, 1997
     May 21-3rd reading, passed 87-0
     May 22-received in Senate; to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
     May 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
     May 27-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for May 28, 1997
     May 28-3rd reading, passed 35-0
     May 29-received in House
     May 30-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer, delivered to Governor; signed by Governor