78R2347 SRC-D

By:  Turner                                                       H.R. No. 2  



R E S O L U T I O N
	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of 
Texas, That, in accordance with Section 9(b), Article III, Texas 
Constitution, the House of Representatives of the 78th Legislature 
shall elect a speaker of the house from its own membership as 
follows:
	SECTION 1.  NOMINATIONS.  (a)  The secretary of state shall 
call for nominations from the floor for the election of speaker of 
the house of representatives and shall recognize every member who 
desires to make a nomination.
	(b)  Each member recognized for this purpose shall 
immediately advance to the front microphone and make the nomination 
in a nominating speech not to exceed five minutes in length.
	(c)  After all nominations have been made, the secretary of 
state shall declare nominations to be closed.
	SECTION 2.  SECONDS.  (a)  A person is not considered a 
nominee unless the nomination is seconded by at least one member.
	(b)  One seconding speech shall be allowed for each 
nomination in the order in which nominations were made, then other 
seconding speeches shall be allowed in rotation in the same order.
	(c)  No more than five seconding speeches shall be allowed 
for each nominee. 
	(d)  A seconding speech may not exceed three minutes in 
length.              
	SECTION 3.  VOTING.  All votes taken shall be record votes 
entered in the House Journal.
	SECTION 4.  RESULTS; RUNOFF.  (a) The secretary of state 
shall announce the results of the election.  If a nominee has 
received a majority of the votes cast, the secretary of state shall 
declare that nominee to be elected to the office of speaker of the 
house of representatives.
	(b)  If no nominee has received a majority of the votes cast, 
the two nominees receiving the largest number of votes in the first 
ballot shall be in a runoff election conducted in accordance with 
the voting procedures for the first ballot.  The secretary of state 
shall announce the results of the runoff election and declare the 
nominee receiving the higher vote to be elected.
	SECTION 5.  OATH.  After the election, the secretary of 
state  shall direct the administration of the oath of office to the 
speaker-elect.  The speaker shall take the chair immediately after 
taking the oath of office.