R E S O L U T I O N

 1-1           WHEREAS, Section 9, Article III, Texas Constitution, requires

 1-2     that the house of representatives elect a speaker of the house from

 1-3     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 75th 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 five seconding speeches, none to

1-18     exceed three 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.

                                                                        Gray

                                                                     Hilbert

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                                                   Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.R. No. 2 was adopted by the House on January

         14, 1997, by a non-record vote.

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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House