Each General Assembly shall convene in first
regular session on the first Monday of January in the
odd-numbered year, or on the succeeding day if the
first Monday of January is a legal holiday, and in second
regular session on the same date of the following
year. Either the governor, or the presiding officers of
the General Assembly chosen by the members thereof,
acting jointly, may convene the General Assembly in
special session by a proclamation which may limit
the purpose of the session. If the presiding officer of
the Senate is not chosen by the members thereof, the
president pro tempore of the Senate may act with the
speaker of the House of Representatives in the calling
of a special session.
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