By: Harris of Dallas S.R. No. 1
SENATE RESOLUTION
1-1 Honorable Bob Bullock
1-2 Lieutenant Governor
1-3 Senate of Texas
1-4 Austin, Texas
1-5 Sir:
1-6 At a caucus held in the office of the Senate attended by 31
1-7 Members of the Senate, the following recommendations were made, to
1-8 wit:
1-9 BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate, That:
1-10 The following officers were elected to serve for the 73rd
1-11 Legislature, Regular Session, at the will of the Senate:
1-12 Secretary of the Senate - Betty King
1-13 Calendar Clerk - Pat Rodgers
1-14 Doorkeeper - James Morris
1-15 Enrolling Clerk - Patsy Spaw
1-16 Journal Clerk - Dianne Arrington
1-17 Sergeant-at-Arms - Carleton Turner
1-18 Status Clerk - Susan Longley
1-19 All officers and employees appointed by this caucus shall
1-20 hold their office of employment for the duration of the 73rd
1-21 Legislature, Regular Session.
1-22 It is recommended that the Lieutenant Governor and the
1-23 Secretary of the Senate each be permitted to name secretarial staff
2-1 and assistants at salaries designated by the Lieutenant Governor
2-2 and the Administration Committee respectively. The
2-3 Parliamentarian, Bob Johnson, is to be named by the Lieutenant
2-4 Governor.
2-5 It is further recommended that the Administration Committee
2-6 appoint a sufficient number of custodians, messengers, elevator
2-7 operators, porters, and other employees as may be necessary. The
2-8 Lieutenant Governor is authorized to designate any member of the
2-9 Senate or Senate staff to attend official meetings of national
2-10 governmental organizations during the 73rd Legislature, Regular
2-11 Session, while in session. Actual and necessary expenses are
2-12 hereby authorized as reimbursement for such trips. The Lieutenant
2-13 Governor shall have the authority to designate a member of the
2-14 Senate to represent the Senate at ceremonies and ceremonial
2-15 functions. Necessary expenses for performance of these duties and
2-16 for necessary staff are hereby authorized to be paid pursuant to a
2-17 budget approved by the Administration Committee.
2-18 It is further recommended that each Senator shall be
2-19 permitted a maximum payroll of $20,000 per month for secretarial
2-20 and other office staff and for intrastate travel expenses for staff
2-21 employees. Any unexpended portion of this amount may be carried
2-22 forward from month to month until the end of the fiscal year. In
2-23 order to accrue vacation leave, compensatory/overtime leave, or
2-24 sick leave, employees of members must file monthly time sheets with
2-25 the Senate Personnel Office by the 10th of the month following the
3-1 month in which work was performed. Employees of members and
3-2 committees must use compensatory/overtime accrued in a given month
3-3 by the end of the same month of the following year.
3-4 Compensatory/overtime accrued prior to January 1, 1993, will not be
3-5 carried forward after January 1, 1994. No compensatory/overtime
3-6 will be paid at either the end of the fiscal year or at an
3-7 employee's termination.
3-8 Beginning with the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, the
3-9 Secretary of the Senate is authorized to order reimbursement for
3-10 legislative expenses consistent with this resolution and the
3-11 establishment by the Ethics Commission of per diem rates.
3-12 The Lieutenant Governor, Senators, and the Secretary of the
3-13 Senate are hereby fully authorized and empowered to use any
3-14 assistant Sergeant-at-Arms and all other necessary employees for
3-15 any and all services needed in and about the Senate.
3-16 It is further recommended that the Lieutenant Governor, each
3-17 Senator, and the Secretary of the Senate be permitted to subscribe
3-18 for newspapers as necessary to be paid out of the contingent fund
3-19 and be allowed the stationery and postage needed by them
3-20 respectively, and expenses incurred in transmitting and receiving
3-21 telephone and express charges as may be actually necessary in the
3-22 discharge of their official duties, said expenses to be paid out of
3-23 the contingent fund.
3-24 It is further recommended that not to exceed 700 journals be
3-25 printed, all of which shall be prorated among the Senators and
4-1 Lieutenant Governor, except that 175 journals shall be furnished
4-2 the members of the House.
4-3 It is further recommended that the Legislative Reference
4-4 Library be furnished 60 copies of the daily journal.
4-5 It is further recommended that all salaries and expenses
4-6 herein authorized to be incurred and paid for shall be paid out of
4-7 the per diem and contingent expense fund of the 73rd Legislature as
4-8 follows: The Senate shall request the State Comptroller of Public
4-9 Accounts to issue general revenue warrants for the payment of the
4-10 employees of the Lieutenant Governor's office, the Lieutenant
4-11 Governor, Members of the Senate, employees of the Senate
4-12 committees, and employees of the Senate, except as provided in
4-13 Section 301.030, Government Code, upon presentation of the payroll
4-14 account signed by the Chairman of the Administration Committee and
4-15 the Secretary of the Senate; and for the payment of materials,
4-16 supplies, and expenses of the Senate, including travel expenses for
4-17 Members and employees, upon vouchers signed by the Chairman of the
4-18 Senate Committee on Administration and the Secretary of the Senate.
4-19 The Administration Committee is directed to formulate
4-20 policies regarding the signing of purchase vouchers by vendors and
4-21 the timely filing of vouchers for reimbursement.
4-22 It is further recommended that no employee of the Senate
4-23 shall, during the time employed by the Senate, furnish to any
4-24 person, firm, or corporation any information other than general
4-25 information furnished the public pertaining to the Senate, and the
5-1 employee shall not without permission receive any compensation from
5-2 any person, firm, or corporation during employment by the Senate,
5-3 and any employee found guilty of violating this provision shall be
5-4 immediately discharged.
5-5 All employees, except those responsible directly to the
5-6 Lieutenant Governor, Members of the Senate, Secretary of the
5-7 Senate, committee, or the head of a department, shall report for
5-8 duty at 8 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. each day to the Sergeant-at-Arms of
5-9 the Senate, except part-time employees, who shall report at the
5-10 place and time directed by the Sergeant-at-Arms, and none of such
5-11 employees shall be paid for the days they are absent from the
5-12 Senate, unless excused by the Sergeant-at-Arms.
5-13 It is further recommended that the chairman of each standing
5-14 committee shall have authority to employ such additional employees
5-15 of his own selection as may be needed by the committee, the
5-16 employees to receive the same compensation paid similar positions
5-17 as herein fixed, and to discharge the duties of the standing
5-18 committee, subject to the approval of the Administration Committee.
5-19 It is further recommended that no employee of the Senate,
5-20 except one whose official duties require the employee to work upon
5-21 the floor of the Senate, shall have access to the floor unless that
5-22 employee shall have been requested by a Senator, the Lieutenant
5-23 Governor, or the Secretary of the Senate to come on the floor for
5-24 some official duty, after the performance of which the employee
5-25 shall immediately leave the floor of the Senate. The
6-1 Sergeant-at-Arms is specifically ordered to see that this provision
6-2 is carried out.
6-3 Only those who have privileges of the floor during the
6-4 session of the Senate shall be permitted on the Senate floor for a
6-5 period of 30 minutes prior to the time the Senate convenes and 30
6-6 minutes after the Senate adjourns. The Sergeant-at-Arms is
6-7 instructed to enforce this rule and to permit only those having the
6-8 privileges of the floor to enter or remain on the Senate floor
6-9 during such 30-minute periods.
6-10 Respectfully submitted,
6-11
6-12 Chairman of the Caucus
6-13
6-14 Secretary of the Caucus
6-15 _____________________________________
6-16 President of the Senate
6-17 I hereby certify that the
6-18 above Resolution was adopted by
6-19 the Senate on January 12, 1993.
6-20 _____________________________________
6-21 Secretary of the Senate
6-22 _____________________________________
6-23 Member, Texas Senate