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25 ILCS 10/3

(25 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 63, par. 23.3)

Sec. 3.

At the convening of the House of Representatives and the Senate of each
General Assembly the Secretary of State and the Governor, as required by
the Constitution, shall call the House of Representatives and the Senate to
order and shall preside until a Speaker and President are chosen and have
taken their seats. For the purpose of the organization and operation of the
House of Representatives, the rules adopted by and applicable to the
regular session of the House of Representatives of the preceding General
Assembly, insofar as such rules may be applicable, shall prevail and be the
rules governing the House of Representatives of the General Assembly then
convened, until such rules are changed or new rules adopted.

(Source: P.A. 78-10.)