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R E S O L U T I O N
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BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 87th |
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Texas Legislature, That Sections 6 and 8 of Rule 5 of the permanent |
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rules of the House of Representatives of the 87th Legislature are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 6. MOTIONS IN ORDER WHEN QUORUM NOT PRESENT. If a |
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registration or record vote reveals that a quorum is not present, |
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only a motion to adjourn or a motion for a call of the house and the |
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motions incidental thereto, including motions to impose penalties |
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on absent members, shall be in order. |
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Sec. 8. SECURING A QUORUM. (a) When a call of the house is |
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moved for one of the above purposes and seconded by 15 members (of |
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whom the speaker may be one) and ordered by a majority vote, the |
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main entrance to the hall and all other doors leading out of the |
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hall shall be locked and no member permitted to leave the house |
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without the written permission of the speaker. The names of members |
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present shall be recorded. All absentees for whom no sufficient |
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excuse is made may, by order of a majority of those present, be sent |
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for and arrested, wherever they may be found, by the |
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sergeant-at-arms or an officer appointed by the sergeant-at-arms |
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for that purpose, and their attendance shall be secured and |
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retained. The house shall determine on what conditions they shall |
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be discharged. Members who voluntarily appear shall, unless the |
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house otherwise directs, be immediately admitted to the hall of the |
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house and shall report their names to the clerk to be entered in the |
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journal as present. |
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(b) Until a quorum appears, should the roll call fail to |
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show one present, it shall not be in order to recess under a call of |
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the house and no business shall be transacted, except to adjourn, |
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compel the attendance of absent members, or, by a vote of a majority |
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of all members, impose the following penalties on absent members: |
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(1) removal of an absent member from any committee |
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chairmanship; |
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(2) removal of an absent member from any procedural |
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committee; and |
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(3) permanent removal of any privilege or advantage |
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regularly due to an absent member on the basis of seniority [to |
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adjourn. It shall not be in order to recess under a call of the |
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house]. |