2003S0044-3 01/13/03


By:  Bivins                                                     S.C.R. No. 3  



CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	BE IT RESOLVED by the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, That 
a joint committee, composed of six members of the senate appointed 
by the lieutenant governor and six members of the house appointed by 
the speaker of the house, arrange for the canvass of the votes cast 
for governor and lieutenant governor at the general election held 
on the first Tuesday in November, 2002, and that a joint session of 
the senate and house be held in the hall of the house of 
representatives at __ _.m., Thursday, January 16, 2003, for the 
purpose of counting the votes, receiving the report, and hearing 
the declaration of the results of the canvass; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the senate and house sit in joint session at 12 
noon on Tuesday, January 21, 2003, for the inauguration of the 
governor-elect and lieutenant governor-elect of Texas as 
determined by the canvass of the votes; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That a joint committee, composed of five members of 
the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor and five members of 
the house appointed by the speaker of the house, make arrangements 
for the joint session and oath-taking ceremony on January 21, 2003; 
and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the Department of Public Safety of the State 
of Texas be, and is hereby, instructed to close all entrances to the 
Capitol on Tuesday, January 21, 2003, except for those vehicles 
approved by the inaugural committee as necessary for use in 
connection with the ceremony and the program following.