Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixtieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 16
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Section 21. Senate amendments to
House bills or resolutions shall be
printed in full in the Journal when
concurred in by the House.
Section 22. The Journal Clerk shall
note in the Journal the date each
bill is transmitted to the Governor
and the date recommendations of the
Texas Water Commission are filed
with the Speaker of the House con-
cerning each bill subject to Section
59 of Article 16, Constitution of Texas.
Section 23. The Daily Journal for
each calendar day the House is in
session shall be printed under the
supervision of the Journal Clerk, and
copies thereof provided each member
of the House at the earliest practic-
able date, if possible on the succeed-
ing calendar day.
Section 24. The Enrolling and En-
grossing Clerk shall be responsible
for the typing, without erasures, in-
terlineations, or additions in the mar-
gin, all House bills and House Joint
Resolutions that have passed second
reading and have been ordered en-
grossed, all House bills and House
Joint Resolutions that have passed
third reading, and were amended on
third reading, and all House Concur-
rent Resolutions that have passed the
House. Engrossed riders shall not be
used. All Engrossed and Enrolled
Bills and Resolutions shall be sub-
mitted to the Committee on Enrolled
and Engrossed Bills for its examina-
tion, correction and approval before
the work is returned to the House.
The Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk
shall perform such other clerical
work for the House, its members, or
its committees, as may be ordered
by the House or by the Speaker. In
the event that a joint facility for the
enrollment of bills is provided by the
Joint Legislative Committee on Ad-
ministration, the physical task of en-
grossing and enrolling bills and resolu-
tions shall be entrusted to such joint
facility, and it shall be the duty of
the Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk
of the House to maintain liaison with
such joint facility, to maintain ac-
curate and complete records of all
House bills and resolutions sent to
the joint facility for engrossment or
enrollment, and to report to the House
Committee on Enrolled and Engross-
ed Bills any discrepancies noted or
any unnecessary delays in the work
of the joint facility in engrossing or
enrolling House bills or resolutions.Section 25. The Enrolling and En-
grossing Clerk shall retain a copy of
each bill passed by the House which
was amended on second or third read-
ing. Any member desiring copies of
such bills may request them from the
Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk, with
the cost thereof to be charged to the
contingent expense account of such
member.
Section 26. The Enrolling and En-
grossing Clerk is authorized to
amend the captions of all House bills
and House Joint Resolutions which
are ordered engrossed or which are
finally passed, to conform to the bod-
ies of such bills or resolutions;
provided, however, that each cap-
tion so amended shall be submit-
ted by the Clerk to the author or
sponsor of the bill or resolution and
shall be approved in writing by such
author or sponsor before becoming
official.
Section 27. The Enrolling and En-
grossing Clerk shall enroll all House
bills, House Joint Resolutions, and
House Concurrent Resolutions which
have passed both Houses and are
ready to be signed and presented to
the Governor. All such enrolled bills
and resolutions shall be typewritten
without erasures, interlineations, or
additions in the margin. After typing
has been completed, such bills or
resolutions shall be presented to the
Committee on Enrolled and Engrossed
Bills, which committee shall examine
such bills and resolutions and deter-
mine that each is truly and correctly
enrolled, following which such bill
or resolution shall be reported to the
House for the signature of the Speak-
er prior to transmittal to the Sen-
ate and thence to the Comptroller or
Governor, as the case may be. In the
event a joint facility for the enroll-
ment of bills is provided by the Joint
Legislative Committee on Administra-
tion, the duties of the Enrolling and
Engrossing Clerk with respect to the
enrollment of bills shall be identical
to those duties enumerated in Sec-
tion 24 hereof with respect to en-
grossed bills and resolutions.
Section 28. For every enrolled bill
or resolution originating in the House,
the Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk
shall be responsible for noting there-
on, for certification by the Speaker
of the House, by the Lieutenant Gov-
ernor, by the Chief Clerk of the16
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixtieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 1967; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193874/m1/20/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.