Result of Members' bills ballot 30/8/12

Thursday, 30 August 2012, 12:15 pm
Press Release: Office of the Clerk

The following four bills have been drawn from the ballot:

53 Oaths and Declarations (Upholding the Treaty of Waitangi) Amendment Bill
Te Ururoa Flavell
43 Local Government (Public Libraries) Amendment Bill
Darien Fenton
39 Land Transport (Admissibility of Evidential Breath Tests) Amendment Bill
Scott Simpson
2 Care of Children Law Reform Bill
Jacinda Ardern

The introduction of these bills will be announced in the House this afternoon.

ENDS

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