Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixtieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 33
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January 10, 1967 HOUSE JOURNAL 33
Section 8. At the desire of any
three members present, the yeas and
nays of the members of the House on
any question shall be taken and
entered in the Journal. No member
or members shall be allowed to call
for a yea and nay vote after a vote
has been declared by the Speaker. A
motion to expunge a yea and nay
vote from the Journal shall not be
in order.
Section 9. Before the result of a
vote has been finally and conclusively
pronounced by the Chair, but not
thereafter, a member may change his
vote; provided, however, that if a
member's vote be by mistake or fraud,
he shall be allowed to change his vote
at a later time provided:
(a) The result of the record vote
is not changed thereby; and
(b) The request is made known to
the House by the Chair and permis-
sion for such change is granted by
unanimous consent; and
(c) A notation is made in the
Journal that the member's vote was
changed.
Section 10. Once a roll call has
begun, it may not be interrupted for
any reason. While a yea and nay
vote is being taken, or the vote is
being counted, no member shall visit
the Reading Clerk's desk.
Section 11. On all votes, except viva
voce votes, members shall record their
votes on the voting machine, and shall
not be recognized by the Chair to
cast their votes from the Floor. If a
member attempts to vote from the
Floor, the Speaker shall sustain a
point of order directed against his so
doing. This rule shall not be applic-
able to the mover or the principal
opponent of the proposition be ng
voted upon nor to a member whose
voting machine is out of order.
Section 12. Any member found
guilty by the House of knowingly
voting for another member on the
voting machine shall be subject to
expulsion from the House. Any
officer or employee found guilty of
such offense shall be subject to dis-
charge by the House or by the
Speaker.
Section 13. The Speaker may order
the Sergeant-At-Arms to pick up thevoting machine keys of absent mem-
bers when a "strict enforcement of
the rules" is called for.
Section 14. On the demand of any
member, before the question is put,
the question shall be divided, if it
includes propositions so distinct in
substance that, one being taken away,
a substantive proposition remains. A
demand for a division vote can be
made even after the previous question
has been ordered, but cannot be made
after a motion to table has been
offered, nor after the question has
been put, nor after the yeas and
nays have been ordered.
Section 15. All pairs must be an-
nounced before the vote is declared
by the Speaker, and a written state-
ment thereof sent to the Journal
Clerk. The statement must be signed
by the absent member to the pair, or
his signature thereto must have been
authorized in writing, by telegraph,
or by telephone, and satisfactory
evidence thereof presented to the
Speaker if he deems such necessary.
If authorized by telephone, such call
must be to and confirmed by the
Chief Clerk in advance of the vote
to which it applies. Such pairs shall
be entered in the Journal, and the
member present shall be counted to
make a quorum.
Section 16. All matters on which a
vote may be taken by the House shall
require for adoption a favorable af-
firmative vote as required by these
Rules, and in the case of a tie vote,
the matter shall be considered lost.
Section 17. When the result of a
yea and nay vote is close, the Speaker
may upon the request of any member
order a verification vote, or the
Speaker may order a verification on
his own initiative. During such veri-
fication, no member shall change his
vote unless it was erroneously re-
corded, nor may any member not
having voted cast a vote; however, in
case of error of the Clerk reporting
the yeas and nays, and the correction
thereof leaves decisive effect to the
Speaker's vote, he may exercise his
right to vote, even though the result
has been announced. A verification
shall be called for immediately after
the vote is announced. The Speaker
shall not entertain a request for
verification after the House has pro-
ceeded to the next question, or afterJanuary 10, 1967
HOUSE JOURNAL
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