By:  Stiles                                             H.R. No. 20
       73R2485 SC-F
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, Article III, Section 9, of the Texas Constitution
    1-2  requires that the house of representatives elect a speaker of the
    1-3  house from its own membership; now, therefore, be it
    1-4        RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall call for
    1-5  nominations from the floor for the election of speaker of the house
    1-6  of representatives for the 73rd Legislature and shall recognize
    1-7  every member who desires to make a nomination; that each person
    1-8  recognized shall immediately advance to the front microphone to
    1-9  make his or her nomination in a nominating speech not to exceed
   1-10  five minutes in length; and, be it further
   1-11        RESOLVED, That after all nominations have been made,
   1-12  nominations shall be closed; whereupon seconding speeches shall be
   1-13  allowed, one for each nomination, in the order in which the
   1-14  nominations were made; and then other seconding speeches shall be
   1-15  allowed in rotation, with speeches in each round made in the order
   1-16  in which the nominations were made; provided that each nominee
   1-17  shall be allowed a maximum of seven seconding speeches, none to
   1-18  exceed two minutes in length, and no person shall be considered a
   1-19  nominee unless his or her nomination is seconded by at least one
   1-20  member; and, be it further
   1-21        RESOLVED, That all votes taken for election of speaker shall
   1-22  be record votes and entered in the House Journal; and, be it
   1-23  further
   1-24        RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall announce the
    2-1  results of the election; and if one nominee has received a majority
    2-2  of the votes cast, the secretary of state shall declare him or her
    2-3  to be elected to the office of speaker of the house of
    2-4  representatives; but if no nominee has received such a majority,
    2-5  the two nominees receiving the largest number of votes in the first
    2-6  ballot shall be in a runoff election and the procedure shall be
    2-7  repeated a second time with votes being cast for one or the other
    2-8  of the two nominees, the member receiving the higher vote being
    2-9  declared elected; and, be it further
   2-10        RESOLVED, That after the election, the oath of office shall
   2-11  be administered under the direction of the secretary of state to
   2-12  the speaker-elect, and the speaker shall thereupon take the chair.