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 _______________________________ 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. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House