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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 State of |
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Texas, that the following amendments to the permanent rules of the |
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House of Representatives of the 85th Legislature are hereby |
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adopted. |
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Rule 5, Sec. 6 is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 6. MOTIONS IN ORDER WHEN QUORUM NOT PRESENT. If a |
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registration or record vote reveals that a quorum is not present, |
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only a motion to adjourn or a motion for a call of the house and the |
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motions incidental thereto, including motions to impose penalties |
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on absent members, shall be in order. |
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Rule 5, Sec. 8 is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8. SECURING A QUORUM. When a call of the house is moved |
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for one of the above purposes and seconded by 15 members (of whom |
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the speaker may be one) and ordered by a majority vote, the main |
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entrance to the hall and all other doors leading out of the hall |
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shall be locked and no member permitted to leave the house without |
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the written permission of the speaker. The names of members present |
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shall be recorded. All absentees for whom no sufficient excuse is |
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made may, by order of a majority of those present, be sent for and |
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arrested, wherever they may be found, by the sergeant-at-arms or an |
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officer appointed by the sergeant-at-arms for that purpose, and |
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their attendance shall be secured and retained. The house shall |
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determine on what conditions they shall be discharged. Members who |
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voluntarily appear shall, unless the house otherwise directs, be |
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immediately admitted to the hall of the house and shall report their |
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names to the clerk to be entered in the journal as present. |
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Until a quorum appears, should the roll call fail to show one |
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present, it shall not be in order to recess under a call of the house |
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and no business shall be transacted, except to adjourn, to compel |
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the attendance of absent members, or, by a vote of a majority of all |
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members, impose the following penalties on absent members: |
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(1) remove an absent member from any committee |
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chairmanship; |
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(2) remove an absent member from any procedural |
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committee; and |
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(3) permanently remove any privilege or advantage |
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regularly due to an absent member on the basis of seniority [or to
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adjourn. It shall not be in order to recess under a call of the
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house]. |