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The Indiana General Assembly is the state legislature, or legislative branch, of the state of Indiana. It is a bicameral legislature that consists of a lower house, the Indiana House of Representatives, and an upper house, the Indiana Senate. The General Assembly meets annually at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Members of the General Assembly are elected from districts that are realigned every ten years. Representatives serve terms of two years and senators serve terms of four years. Both houses can create bills, but bills must pass both houses before it can be submitted to the governor and enacted into law. ==Structure== The Indiana General Assembly is made up of two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate.〔(Indiana Constitution Article 4, Section 8 )〕 Indiana has a part-time legislature that does not meet year-round. The General Assembly convenes on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January. During odd-numbered years the legislature meets for 61 days (not necessarily consecutively) and must be adjourned by April 30. During even-numbered years the legislature meets for 30 days (not necessarily consecutively) and must be adjourned by March 15. The General Assembly may not adjourn for more than three days without a resolution approving adjournment being passed in both houses.〔(Indiana Constitution Article 4, Section 9 )〕 The governor has the authority to call on the General Assembly to convene a special session if legislators are unable to complete necessary work within time allotted by the regular sessions.〔〔ICC, p. 7〕 Special sessions of the General Assembly were rarely called in the state's early history, but have become more commonplace in modern times. The General Assembly delegates are elected from districts. Every ten years the districts are realigned by the General Assembly using information from the U.S. Census Bureau to ensure that each district is roughly equal in population.〔(Indiana Constitution Article 4, Section 5 )〕 The districting is maintained to comply with the United States Supreme Court ruling in ''Reynolds v. Sims''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Reynolds v. Sims )〕 The Indiana Senate and House of Representatives each have several committees that are charged with overseeing certain areas of the state. Committees vary in size, from three to eleven members. The committees are chaired by senior members of the majority party. Senators and representatives can be members of multiple committees. Most legislation begins within the committees who have responsibility for the area that the bill will affect. Once approved by a committee, a bill can be entered into the agenda for debate and vote in the full chamber.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Standing Committees )〕 Although not common, bills can be voted on by the full house without going through the committee process.〔 Indiana legislators make a base annual salary of $22,616, plus $155 for each day in session or at a committee hearing and $62 in expense pay every other day.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Indiana General Assembly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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