78R6858 JSA-D


By:  Uresti                                                       H.B. No. 2297



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the manner in which the roll of members-elect is called 
when a house of the legislature convenes in regular session.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 301.004, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 301.004.  DUTIES OF CLERK.  (a)  Under the direction of 
the secretary of state, the clerk shall call the districts of the 
appropriate house [counties] in numerical [alphabetical] order 
regardless of whether the secretary of state has received the 
election returns for each district [county].
	(b)  If an individual appears at the call and presents proper 
evidence of the individual's [his] election, the individual shall 
be admitted or qualified as if the individual's election returns 
had been made to the secretary of state.
	(c)  After the clerk has called the districts [counties] and 
the members-elect have appeared and presented their credentials, 
the clerk shall administer the official oath to each member-elect.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.