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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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BE IT RESOLVED by the 86th Legislature, That a joint |
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committee, composed of six members of the senate appointed by the |
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lieutenant governor and six members of the house of representatives |
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appointed by the speaker of the house, arrange for the canvass of |
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the votes cast for governor and lieutenant governor at the general |
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election held on November 6, 2018, and that a joint session of the |
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senate and house be held in the hall of the house of representatives |
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at 12 noon on Thursday, January 10, 2019, for the purpose of |
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counting the votes, receiving the report, and hearing the |
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declaration of the results of the canvass; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the senate and house of representatives sit in |
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joint session at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, for the |
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inauguration of the governor-elect and lieutenant governor-elect |
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of Texas as determined by the canvass of the votes; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That a joint committee, composed of five members of |
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the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor and five members of |
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the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, |
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make arrangements for the joint session and oath-taking ceremony on |
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January 15, 2019; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Department of Public Safety of the State |
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of Texas is instructed to close all vehicle entrances to the Capitol |
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grounds beginning at 5 p.m. on Monday, January 14, 2019, and ending |
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at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, except for those |
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vehicles approved by the inaugural committee as necessary for use |
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in connection with the joint session and oath-taking ceremony and |
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the program following. |