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R E S O L U T I O N
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BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 80th |
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Texas Legislature, That the permanent rules of the House of |
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Representatives of the 80th Texas Legislature are amended as |
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follows: |
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SECTION 1. Rule 3, Section 5, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 5. CALENDARS (PROCEDURAL). The committee shall have |
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11 members, with jurisdiction over: |
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(1) the placement of bills and resolutions on |
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appropriate calendars, except those within the jurisdiction of the |
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Committee on Rules and Resolutions; |
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(2) the determination of priorities and proposal of |
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rules for floor consideration of such bills and resolutions; and |
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(3) all other matters concerning the calendar system |
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and the expediting of the business of the house as may be assigned |
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by the speaker, subject to the limitations provided by Rule 6. |
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SECTION 2. Rule 6, Sections 7, 15, and 25, are amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 7. SYSTEM OF CALENDARS. (a) Legislative business of |
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the house shall be controlled by a system of calendars, consisting |
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of the following: |
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(1) EMERGENCY CALENDAR, on which shall appear bills |
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and resolutions considered to be of such pressing and imperative |
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import as to demand immediate action, bills to raise revenue and |
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levy taxes, and the general appropriations bill. A bill or |
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resolution submitted as an emergency matter by the governor may |
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also be placed on this calendar. |
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(2) MAJOR STATE CALENDAR, on which shall appear bills |
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of statewide effect, not emergency in nature, which establish or |
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change state policy in a major field of governmental activity and |
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which will have a major impact in application throughout the state |
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without regard to class, area, or other limiting factors. |
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(3) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS CALENDAR, on which |
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shall appear joint resolutions, not emergency in nature, proposing |
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amendments to the Texas Constitution, [joint resolutions] |
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proposing the ratification of amendments to the Constitution of the |
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United States, or [and joint resolutions] applying to Congress for |
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a convention to amend the Constitution of the United States. |
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(4) GENERAL STATE CALENDAR, on which shall appear |
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bills of statewide effect, not emergency in nature, which establish |
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or change state law and which have application to all areas but are |
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limited in legal effect by classification or other factors which |
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minimize the impact to something less than major state policy, and |
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bills, not emergency in nature, which are not on the local, consent, |
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and resolutions calendar. |
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(5) LOCAL, CONSENT, AND RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR, on which |
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shall appear bills, house resolutions, and concurrent resolutions, |
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not emergency in nature, regardless of extent and scope, on which |
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there is such general agreement as to render improbable any |
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opposition to the consideration and passage thereof, and which have |
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been recommended by the appropriate standing committee for |
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placement on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar by the |
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Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. |
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(6) RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR, on which shall appear house |
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resolutions and concurrent resolutions, not emergency in nature and |
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not privileged. |
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(7) CONGRATULATORY AND MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR, |
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on which shall appear congratulatory and memorial resolutions whose |
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sole intent is to congratulate, memorialize, or otherwise express |
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concern or commendation. The Committee on Rules and Resolutions |
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may provide separate categories for congratulatory and memorial |
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resolutions. |
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(b) A calendars committee shall strictly construe and the |
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speaker shall strictly enforce this system of calendars. |
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Sec. 15. ORDER OF CONSIDERATION OF CALENDARS. (a) Except |
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for local, consent, and resolutions calendars and congratulatory |
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and memorial calendars, consideration of calendars shall be in the |
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order named in Section 7 of this rule and [,] subject to the other |
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limitations provided by this rule, including the limitations |
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provided by Sections 8, 9, 16, and 17 of this rule [any exceptions
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ordered by the Committee on Calendars]. |
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(b) With respect to a particular calendar, bills and joint |
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resolutions on third reading shall have precedence over bills and |
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joint resolutions on second reading. This subsection does not |
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apply to a concurrent resolution or house resolution that is not |
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required to be read on three several days under these rules or the |
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Texas Constitution. |
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Sec. 25. DISCRETION IN PLACEMENT ON CALENDARS. Subject to |
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the limitations contained in this rule, including the limitations |
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provided by Sections 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, and 17 of this rule, the |
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Committee on Calendars shall have full authority to make placements |
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on calendars in whatever order is necessary and desirable under the |
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circumstances then existing, except that bills and joint |
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resolutions on third reading on a particular calendar shall have |
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precedence over bills and joint resolutions on second reading on |
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the same calendar. It is the intent of the calendar system to give |
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the Committee on Calendars wide discretion, within the limitations |
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contained in this rule, to insure adequate consideration by the |
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house of important legislation. |