Opinion No. (1988)

ATTORNEY GENERAL HENRY HAS RECEIVED YOUR LETTER OF MAY 18, 1988, IN WHICH YOU REQUEST ADVICE AS TO THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE TERMS OF RULE 10, SECTION 11 OF THE RULES OF THE 41ST SESSION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. HE HAS AUTHORIZED ME TO PERSONALLY RESPOND TO YOU AN HIS BEHALF THROUGH THIS INFORMAL LETTER.

YOU INQUIRE AS TO THE LEGITIMACY OF THIS RULE, WHICH PERMITS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO DETERMINE TO WHICH OF THE MANY COMMITTEES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A PARTICULAR BILL WILL BE ASSIGNED TO FOR REVIEW. YOUR CONCERN IS BASED ON THE TERMS OF ARTICLE II, 1 OF OUR…