Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 29
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Wednesday, January 13, 1999 HOUSE JOURNAL - 2nd Day
SECTION 4.02. OFFICERS AND SUPERVISORY ADMINISTRATIVE
EMPLOYEES OF THE HOUSE. (a) The officers of the house and the
employees of the house responsible for supervising the departments and
divisions that support the operation of the house shall be appointed by and
serve at the pleasure of the speaker.
(b) The speaker shall have the right to discharge any officer or
supervisory administrative employee when the best interest of the house of
representatives would be served by so doing.
(c) The authority to appoint and discharge officers and supervisory
administrative employees may be delegated to the Committee on House
Administration to the extent and for the length of time the speaker
determines.
(d) In the event of the absence, resignation, or death of any officer or
supervisory administrative employee the speaker may designate a person to
take charge of and attend to all the duties of the office affected until the
officer returns or until a successor is chosen.
SECTION 4.03. OTHER CENTRAL HOUSE PERSONNEL. (a) The
Committee on House Administration shall employ all personnel necessary for
the operation of the house other than:
(1) those appointed under Section 4.02; or
(2) employees of an individual member or committee.
(b) For purposes of this article, the Committee on House Administration
is the employing authority for all house employees other than those for whom
the employing authority is the speaker, an individual member, or a committee.
SECTION 4.04. EMPLOYEES OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBER. A member
may employ, with funds from the member's operating budget, such staff as
the member deems necessary.
SECTION 4.05. COMMITTEE STAFF; AUTHORITY TO REQUEST
ASSISTANCE. (a) The Committee on House Administration shall provide
funds for the adequate staffing of all committees appointed by the speaker.
(b) Select committees, interim study committees, standing committees, or
subcommittees appointed pursuant to the resolution adopting the rules of the
house or appointed by the speaker pursuant to any other resolution may
employ any person, firm, or corporation, subject to budget limitations. Those
committees or subcommittees may ask the assistance of any of the employees,
agencies, departments, or branches of the state government.
SECTION 4.06. WORK SCHEDULE; HOURS OF HOUSE OPERATIONS.
(a) An employee shall be on duty on the days and hours determined by
the employing authority.
(b) All offices of the departments and divisions that support the
operations of the house shall be open on days and hours determined by the
Committee on House Administration or the speaker and other hours that the
house or its committees are in session.
SECTION 4.07. COMPENSATION. (a) Officers and supervisory
administrative employees of the house shall receive the compensation that the
speaker or Committee on House Administration determines.
(b) The Committee on House Administration shall fix the compensation
of house personnel employed under Section 4.03. A person employed under29
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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/m1/33/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.