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	Amend HR 35 as follows:                                                      
	(1)  Strike Section 3 and substitute the following:                            
	SECTION 3.  VOTING.  (a) The secretary of state shall direct 
the chief clerk to distribute to each member, at the member's desk, 
a ballot to be used in the election of the speaker. The ballot shall 
be a blank sheet of paper sized 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches.
	(b)  Each member shall complete the member's ballot by:                        
		(1)  writing the name of the nominee for whom the member 
votes;             
		(2)  printing only the member's district number on the 
ballot; and          
		(3)  folding the ballot.                                                      
	(c)  The chief clerk shall designate a voting area near the 
reading clerk's desk and shall provide a voting box for the marked 
ballots. Upon completing the member's ballot, the member shall 
proceed to the voting area and deposit the member's folded ballot in 
the voting box. As each member deposits the member's ballot in the 
voting box, the chief clerk shall record, on a roster of the members 
elected to the 80th Legislature, that the member has deposited the 
member's ballot in the voting box. When it appears that all ballots 
have been deposited in the box, the secretary of state shall ask if 
all ballots have been cast and provide those members who have not 
cast their ballots a final opportunity to deposit their ballots in 
the voting box.
	(d)  After all ballots have been cast and placed in the voting 
box, the chief clerk shall sign the roster indicating which members 
cast ballots and deliver the roster to the sergeant-at-arms. The 
ballots shall then be counted by the sergeant-at-arms and the 
secretary of state on the house floor. The sergeant-at-arms and 
secretary of state shall prepare and sign a tally sheet indicating 
the total votes received by each nominee. The secretary of state 
shall announce only the total votes cast for each nominee, as 
reflected on the tally sheet. Immediately after the results are 
announced, the sergeant-at-arms and secretary of state shall 
securely seal the ballots and the chief clerk's roster in an 
envelope, sign the outside of the envelope, and deliver the 
envelope to the chief clerk. The envelope containing the ballots 
shall be kept sealed and secure by the chief clerk until all 
committee assignments have been made of the 80th Legislature, at 
which time the envelope shall be presented to the journal clerk, who 
shall record each member's vote for speaker in the journal.
	(2)  Strike Section 4(a) and reletter subsequent subsections 
accordingly.