Title
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE for the purpose of amending the Prince George's County Council Rules of Procedure regarding use of a short title for certain legislation by the Chair of the County Council.
Background
This Resolution will amend the Council Rules of Procedure (Rules 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, and 14.2) to expressly authorize the Chairman to read a short title-where the title of said legislation ecceeds 100 words in length--at presentation, introduction, and at public hearing/enactment/adoption., i.e., at the required readings during Council legislative sessions for action by the Council on legislation.
Pursuant to Rule 19.2 of the Council’s Rules of Procedure, no motion, order, or resolution to repeal or amend a rule of the Council shall be considered or acted upon unless it shall have been submitted in writing to the Council at least one week prior thereto, together with the written text of any proposed amendment. Thus, this Resolution, once finally approved by the Chairman, needs to be circulated in hard copy and perhaps also electronically, for a minimum of one business week prior to its placement on a County Council agenda for official action.