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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the manner in which the roll of members-elect is called |
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when a house of the legislature convenes in regular session. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 301.004, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 301.004. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS-ELECT; DUTIES OF CLERK. |
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(a) Under the direction of the secretary of state, the clerk shall |
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call the districts of the appropriate house [counties] in numerical |
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[alphabetical] order regardless of whether the secretary of state |
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has received the election returns for each district [county]. |
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(b) If an individual appears at the call and presents proper |
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evidence of the individual's [his] election, the individual shall |
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be admitted or qualified as if the individual's election returns |
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had been made to the secretary of state. |
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(c) After the clerk has called the districts [counties] and |
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the members-elect have appeared and presented their credentials, |
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the clerk shall administer the official oath to each member-elect. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |