§ 14. Manner of passing bills; message of necessity for immediate vote.

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§ 14. No bill shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have

been printed and upon the desks of the members, in its final form, at

least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless

the governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under his or

her hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in his or her

opinion necessitate an immediate vote thereon, in which case it must

nevertheless be upon the desks of the members in final form, not

necessarily printed, before its final passage; nor shall any bill be

passed or become a law, except by the assent of a majority of the

members elected to each branch of the legislature; and upon the last

reading of a bill, no amendment thereof shall be allowed, and the

question upon its final passage shall be taken immediately thereafter,

and the ayes and nays entered on the journal.

For purposes of this section, a bill shall be deemed to be printed and

upon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible

electronic format by electronic means, and it is available for review in

such format at the desks of the members. For purposes of this section

"electronic means" means any method of transmission of information

between computers or other machines designed for the purpose of sending

and receiving such transmissions and which: allows the recipient to

reproduce the information transmitted in a tangible medium of

expression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to

be made without leaving an adequate record thereof.