The House Committee on Calendars

81st Legislature

April 8, 2009

10:45 a.m.

Speaker's Committee Room 2W.6

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 8, 2009, and permission received to meet while the House is in session on April 8, 2009, the House Committee on Calendars met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative McCall, at 10:46 a.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives McCall; Lucio III; Chavez; Cook; Creighton; Geren; Keffer; Kolkhorst; Ritter; Solomons (10).

 

Absent:              Representatives Coleman; Kuempel; and McReynolds (3).

 

A quorum was present.

 

(Representative Kuempel now present.)

 

(Representative Coleman now present.)

 

Pursuant to House Rule 3, Section 5(2), and House Rule 6, Section 16(f), the House Committee on Calendars proposes the following rule governing floor consideration of SB 1  (the general appropriations bill):

 

            During second reading and third reading consideration of the bill any amendment that adds or increases an item of appropriation:

                        (1)  in Articles I-X is not in order unless the amendment contains an equal or greater reduction in one or more other items of appropriation in one of those articles from the fund or funds against which the appropriation is to be certified; and

                        (2)  in Article XII is not in order unless the amendment contains an equal or greater reduction in one or more other items of appropriation in that article from the fund or funds against which the appropriation is to be certified .

 

            The provisions of this rule do not apply to an amendment that makes an adjustment in an item of appropriations solely to correct a technical clerical error. 

 

The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives McCall; Lucio III; Coleman; Cook; Creighton; Geren; Keffer; Kolkhorst; Kuempel; Ritter; Solomons (11).

 

Nays:                             Representative Chavez (1).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative McReynolds  (1).

 

At 10:50 a.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

 

 

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Rep. McCall, Chair

 

 

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Juan V. Garcia, Clerk