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CHAPTER 15. RULES

Rule 15.1. Action on Senate rules

No rule of the Senate shall be added, amended, or repealed except by Senate resolution adopted by the favorable vote of at least a majority of the members elected to the Senate, and such resolutions shall not be deemed to be perfunctory.

Rule 15.2.  Suspension of rules

No rule of the Senate shall be suspended except by the favorable vote of at least a majority of the members elected to the Senate.

Rule 15.3.  Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure

On any question of order and parliamentary practice, when these rules are silent or inexplicit, Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure shall be considered as authority.

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