Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 16
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76th LEGISLATURE- REGULAR SESSION
Chisum; Christian; Clark; Coleman; Cook; Corte; Counts; Crabb; Craddick;
Crownover; Cuellar; Culberson; Danburg; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Denny;
Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Edwards; Ehrhardt; Eiland; Elkins;
Ellis; Farabee; Farrar; Flores; Gallego; Garcia; George; Giddings; Glaze;
Goodman; Goolsby; Gray; Green; Greenberg; Gutierrez; Haggerty; Hamric;
Hardcastle; Hartnett; Hawley; Heflin; Hilbert; Hilderbran; Hinojosa; Hochberg;
Hodge; Homer; Hope; Howard; Hunter; Hupp; Isett; Janek; Jones, C.; Jones,
D.; Jones, J.; Junell; Keel; Keffer; King, P.; King, T.; Krusee; Kuempel;
Laney; Lengefeld; Lewis, G.; Lewis, R.; Longoria; Luna; Madden; Marchant;
Maxey; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Merritt; Moreno, J.; Moreno, P.;
Morrison; Mowery; Naishtat; Najera; Nixon; Noriega; Oliveira; Olivo; Palmer;
Pickett; Pitts; Puente; Ramsay; Rangel; Reyna, A.; Reyna, E.; Ritter; Sadler;
Salinas; Seaman; Shields; Siebert; Smith; Smithee; Solis, J.; Solis, J. F.;
Solomons; Staples; Swinford; Talton; Telford; Thompson; Tillery; Truitt;
Turner, B.; Turner, S.; Uher; Uresti; Van de Putte; Walker; West; Williams;
Wilson; Wise; Wohlgemuth; Wolens; Woolley; Yarbrough; Zbranek.
The Honorable Elton Bomer, Secretary of State of the State of Texas,
then declared the Honorable James E. "Pete" Laney of Hale County to be the
duly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Seventy-Sixth
Legislature of the State of Texas.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
The secretary of state announced the appointment of the following
committee to escort speaker-elect James E. "Pete" Laney to the speaker's
rostrum for the purpose of the taking of the constitutional oath of office by
the speaker-elect: Representatives Uher, chair, Dukes, Dutton, Flores, Hawley,
D. Jones, McCall, McReynolds, Naishtat, Pitts, Puente, and Smith.
Speaker-elect Laney and his party were escorted to the speaker's rostrum.
OATH OF OFFICE TAKEN BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
The Honorable James E. "Pete" Laney of Hale County, having been
escorted to the speaker's rostrum, took the constitutional oath of office as
Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of
the State of Texas, which was administered by the Honorable Bob Bullock,
Lieutenant Governor of the State of Texas.
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
The secretary of state recognized the Honorable Brian McCall, who
introduced the following members of the speaker's family: Nelda Laney, his
wife; KaLyn Laney, his daughter; Jamey and Ronald Phillips, his daughter
and son-in-law; J Pete Laney and Melonie McCutchin, his son and his son's
fiancee; Ryan Laney, his nephew; Helen McQuien, his mother-in-law; Larry,
Carol, John, and Scott McQuien, Nelda Laney's brother and his wife and
children; and Jan Bullock, Lieutenant Governor Bullock's wife.
HOUSE NOTIFIED
A committee from the senate was announced at the door of the house
and, being admitted, notified the house that the senate is organized and ready
to transact business.16
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 1999; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth97442/m1/20/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.