Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixtieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 48
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48 HOSE JURNA
the Chairman may be one, and is or-
dered by a majority vote, the Door-
keeper shall close the main entrance
of the Hall and all other doors lead-
ing out of the Hall shall be locked,
and no member shall be permitted to
leave the Hall without written per-
mission. Other proceedings under a
call of the Committee shall be the
same as under a call of the House.
RULE XXII
OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESSallowed any additional time because
of subsidiary motions.
Eighth: Resolutions offered from
the floor for twenty minutes, if not
sooner disposed of.
Ninth: Unfinished business, to be
considered until finally disposed of.
Tenth: Disposal of business on the
Speaker's desk, as follows:
(1) Senate concurrent resolutions.Section 1. The daily order of busi- (2) Reports of committees, except
ness on a new legislative day shall those relating to bills and joint reso-
be as follows: lutions.First: Call to order by Speaker.
Second: Registration of members.
Third: Prayer by Chaplain, unless
the invocation has been given previous-
ly on the particular calendar day.
Fourth: Excuses for absence of
members and officers.
Fifth: Reading and adoption of
memorial and congratulatory resolu-
tions, and the Speaker shall not lay
out such resolutions for consideration
by the House at any other time.
Sixth: First reading and reference
to committees of bills filed with the
Chief Clerk; and motions to introduce
bills, when such motions are re-
quired.
Seventh: Requests to print bills
and other papers; requests of com-
mittees for further time to consider
papers referred to them; and all other
routine motions and business not
otherwise provided for, all of which
shall be undebatable except that the
mover and one opponent of the
motion shall be allowed three minutes
each.
The mover of a routine motion shall
be allowed his choice of making the
opening or the closing speech under
this rule. If the House, under a sus-
pension of the rules, extends the
time of a member under this rule,
such extensions shall be for three
minutes. Applicable subsidiary mo-
tions shall be in order to routine
motions, but the makers of such sub-
sidiary motions shall not be entitled
to speak thereon in the routine mo-
tion period, nor shall the authors
of the original routine motions be(3) Postponed bills, resolutions and
other propositions, to be laid before
the House in accordance with Section
16 of Rule XIII.
Eleventh: Calendars of the House
in their order of priority in accord-
ance with Rule IX, unless a different
order is otherwise determined under
other provisions of these rules.
Section 2. When the House recon-
venes the first time on a new calendar
day following a recess, the daily order
of business shall be:
First: Call to order by the Speaker.
Second: Prayer by the Chaplain.
Third: Excuses for absence of mem-
bers and officers.
Fourth: Pending business.
Fifth: Calendars of the House in
their order of priority in accordance
with Rule IX, unless a different
order is otherwise determined under
other provisions of these rules.
Section 3. A special order, after
the first eight items under the daily
order of business for a legislative day
have been passed, shall have prece-
dence when the hour for its considera-
tion has arrived, except as provided
in Sections 17 and 19 of Rule XIX.
RULE XXIII
SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
Section 1. A motion to suspend the
rules shall be in order at any time,
except when motions to adjourn or
recess are pending, even when the
House is operating under the previous
question. A motion to "suspend all48
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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/m1/52/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.