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By DEL. D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR.
THE General Assembly is now in the third full/ week of the 1975 session.
Over 780 bills have been introduced in the House of Delegates and over 400 bills have been introduced in the Senate. I think it -is clear that the General Assembly cannot consider all of these bills within a 30-day session and the-session will probably be extended to 45.day&.-Under the Constitution there can be no restriction on the type or volume of legislation to be introduced and this makes it all the more difficult to hold the -session to 30 days.
I favor a session of the General Assembly every other year in the even-numbered years with a length of 90 days, which I believe will be: more .efficient than a 60day session in one year and a 30day . session in. alternate years and would be just as efficient as a; 60-day session each year. In spite of . alii, efforts to speed up the .work at thfr beginning of the session, it always takes a certain amount of time to schedule committee hearings and committee meetings to review and consider a large volume of legis
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