Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1573 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1573 : US Code - Notes

(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, Sec. 7, 68 Stat. 500; Pub. L. 86-289, Sec.
2(c), Sept. 16, 1959, 73 Stat. 569; Pub. L. 90-496, Sec. 1, Aug.
23, 1968, 82 Stat. 837.)
AMENDMENTS
1968 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-496 substituted provisions that
regular sessions of the legislature shall continue for such term as
the legislature may provide for provisions that regular sessions
shall continue for not more than sixty consecutive calendar days in
any calendar year, with the proviso that the regular annual session
for 1959, 1960, and 1961 shall commence on the second Monday in
April and shall continue for not more than sixty consecutive
calendar days, struck out provisions that any special session
called by the Governor shall continue for not more than fifteen
calendar days, with the aggregate of any such special sessions
during any calendar year not to exceed thirty calendar days, and
inserted provision opening to the public all sessions of the
legislature.
1959 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86-289 substituted "January (unless
the legislature shall by law fix a different date)" for "April" and
"regular annual session for each of the years 1959, 1960, and 1961,
respectively, shall commence on the second Monday in April" for
"annual session for 1955 shall commence on the second Monday in
January 1955".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Section 1 of Pub. L. 90-496 provided that the amendment made by
that section is effective on date of enactment of Pub. L. 90-496,
which was approved Aug. 23, 1968.