Committee on Committees and Rules
June 23, 2021 City Council Meeting
RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, That the Rules of Order and Procedure of the City Council, City of Chicago, for the 2019 - 2023 term are hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and inserting the language underscored, as follows:
Jurisdiction Of Committees.
RULE 37. The jurisdiction of each standing committee, in terms of legislation and administrative activities of its particular concern, shall be as follows:
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3. The Committee on Committees and Rules shall have jurisdiction over the Rules of Order and Procedure, the procedures of the Council and its committees, including adjudicating written disputes over committee jurisdiction and referrals, ward redistricting, elections and referenda, committee assignments, the conduct of Council members, the provision of services to the City Council body; matters affecting the City Clerk; and council service agencies, except the City Council Legislative Reference Bureau referenced in Rule 1. The Committee shall also have jurisdiction with regard to all corrections to the Journal of the Proceedings ofthe City Council.
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Procedure For Resolving Committee Disputes Whon Two Or More Committees Are
Rule 42. When two (2) or more committees are called, the subject matter 6hall be referred, without debate, to the Committee-on Committees and Rules, which shall recommend to which committee ofthe Council the subject matter shall go. In each instance, the Committee on Committees and Rules shall report its recommendation to the Council at the next regular meeting succeeding the meeting at which any matter involving a conflict of jurisdiction of committees shall have been referred to it. When a subject matter is introduced at City Council, the subject matter shall be referred to the committee as recommended by the primary sponsor of s...
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