By Shields                                              H.R. No. 54
         77R3969 SRC-D                           
                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State
 1-2     of Texas, That the permanent rules of the House of Representatives
 1-3     for the 77th Legislature be amended as follows:
 1-4           (1)  Rule 6, Section 1, is amended by adding Subsection (c)
 1-5     to read as follows:
 1-6           (c)  It is not in order for the house to be in session on a
 1-7     Sunday.
 1-8           (2)  Rule 8, Section 13, Subsections (c)-(e), are amended to
 1-9     read as follows:
1-10           (c)  No senate bill or joint resolution shall  be  considered
1-11     on  its  second reading after the 133rd [134th] day of a regular
1-12     session if it appears on a daily or supplemental daily house
1-13     calendar, or  for any purpose after the 134th [135th] day of a
1-14     regular session, except to:
1-15                 (1)  adopt a conference committee report;
1-16                 (2)  reconsider the bill or resolution to remove house
1-17     amendments;
1-18                 (3)  reconsider  the  bill or resolution to make
1-19     corrections; or
1-20                 (4)  pass the bill notwithstanding the objections of
1-21     the governor.
1-22           (d)  The speaker shall not lay any bill or  joint  resolution
1-23     before the house or permit a vote to be taken on its passage on the
1-24     135th [136th] and 136th [137th] days of a regular session, except
 2-1     to:
 2-2                 (1)  act on senate amendments;
 2-3                 (2)  adopt a conference committee report;
 2-4                 (3)  reconsider the bill or resolution to remove house
 2-5     amendments;
 2-6                 (4)  reconsider the bill or resolution to make
 2-7     corrections; or
 2-8                 (5)  pass the bill notwithstanding the objections of
 2-9     the governor.
2-10           (e)  The speaker shall not lay any bill or joint resolution
2-11     before the house or permit a vote to be taken on its passage on the
2-12     137th [138th] and 138th [139th] days of a regular session, except
2-13     to:
2-14                 (1)  adopt a conference committee report;
2-15                 (2)  reconsider  the bill or resolution to remove house
2-16     amendments;
2-17                 (3)  discharge house conferees and concur in senate
2-18     amendments;
2-19                 (4)  reconsider the bill or resolution to make
2-20     corrections; or
2-21                 (5)  pass the bill notwithstanding the objections of
2-22     the governor.