34-2115. NOTICE OF RECEIVING PAPERS. (1) Senate election contest. On the day of the receipt by the presiding officer of the senate, or his designee, of papers relating to contested elections, the presiding officer, in the appropriate order of business, must give notice to the senate of receipt of the papers.
(2) House of representatives election contest. On the day of the receipt by the presiding officer of the house of representatives, or his designee, of papers relating to contested elections, the presiding officer, in the appropriate order of business, must give notice to the house of representatives of receipt of the papers.
(3) State Executive Department Election Contest. Where the papers relate to the contest of a state executive officer, the house of representatives must notify the senate, and the day must be fixed by both houses, by concurrent resolution, for uniting the two (2) bodies to decide upon the same, in which decision the yeas and nays must be taken and entered upon the journal. A joint committee may be appointed by the presiding officers, or designees, of the two (2) bodies to produce a committee report on the election contest.
History:
[34-2115, added 2017, ch. 293, sec. 2, p. 772.]
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