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Amend HR 4 (adopting the permanent rules of the house) as follows:
(1) Amend Rule 2, Section 2, by adding a new appropriately designated subsection to read as follows:
(____) The journal clerk shall determine and enter in the journal the clock of record for the house and that clock may not be delayed, set back, or otherwise tampered with to deviate from the standard time, as provided by statute, for the place where the house is meeting. The journal clerk shall enter in the journal the time according to the clock of record when the house convenes, recesses, and adjourns. A motion to suspend this rule must be decided by a record vote.
(2) Amend Rule 8, Section 13, by adding a new appropriately designated subsection to read as follows:
(____) The clock of record for the house, as determined under Rule 2, Section 2, shall be used to determine compliance with deadlines and other time requirements of the Texas Constitution and these rules. A motion to suspend this rule must be decided by a record vote.