Sec. 101.36. (A) Ten times per year, the governor shall | 6 |
appear before the house of representatives for a forty-five minute | 7 |
question time. During each question time, the governor shall | 8 |
answer questions asked by the members of the house of | 9 |
representatives. The speaker of the house of representatives shall | 10 |
set the date and time of each question time. Each question time | 11 |
shall occur during a session of the house of representatives at | 12 |
which a sufficient number of members of the house are present to | 13 |
pass a bill. | 14 |
(B) The majority and the minority party each shall be given | 15 |
the opportunity to ask the governor a minimum of five questions. | 16 |
Prior to each question time, the majority leader of the house of | 17 |
representatives shall submit to the speaker a list of the members | 18 |
of the majority party who will ask the governor questions and the | 19 |
minority leader of the house of representatives shall submit to | 20 |
the speaker a list of the members of the minority party who will | 21 |
ask the governor questions. The parties shall not be required to | 22 |
disclose the questions their members intend to ask. Either party | 23 |
may decline to ask a question. | 24 |