Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 61
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(5) Seniority shall not apply to a procedural committee. For purposes
of these rules, the procedural committees are the Committee on Calendars, the
Committee on Local and Consent Calendars, the Committee on Rules and
Resolutions, the General Investigating Committee, the Committee on House
Administration, and the Committee on Redistricting. The entire membership
of these committees shall be appointed by the speaker.
(6) In announcing the membership of committees, the speaker shall
designate those appointed by the speaker and those acquiring membership by
seniority.
(7) The speaker shall designate the chair and vice-chair from the
total membership of the committee.
(b) In the event of an election contest that is not resolved prior to the
determination of the membership of standing committees, the representative
of the district that is the subject of the contest is not entitled to select a
committee on the basis of seniority. Committee appointments on behalf of
that district shall be designated by the district number.
(c) In the event of a vacancy in a representative district that has not been
filled at the time of the determination of the membership of standing
committees, the representative of the district who fills that vacancy shall not
be entitled to select a committee on the basis of seniority. Committee
appointments on behalf of that district shall be designated by the district
number.
(d) In the event that a member-elect of the current legislature has not
taken the oath of office by the end of the ninth day of the regular session,
the representative of that district shall not be entitled to select a committee
on the basis of seniority. If the member-elect has not taken the oath of office
by the time committee appointments are announced, committee appointments
on behalf of that district shall be designated by district number.
Sec. 3. RANKING OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS. Except for the chair
and vice-chair, members of a standing committee shall rank according to their
seniority.
Sec. 4. MEMBERSHIP RESTRICTIONS. Membership on committees is
subject to the following restrictions:
(1) No member shall serve concurrently on more than two standing
substantive committees.
(2) A member serving as chair of the Committee on Appropriations
or the Committee on State Affairs may not serve on any other substantive
committee.
Sec. 5. VACANCIES ON STANDING COMMITTEES. Should a vacancy
occur on a standing committee subsequent to its organization, the speaker
shall appoint an eligible member to fill the vacancy.
Sec. 6. DUTIES OF THE CHAIR. The chair of each committee shall:
(1) be responsible for the effective conduct of the business of the
committee;
(2) appoint all subcommittees and determine the number of members
to serve on each subcommittee;
(3) in consultation with members of the committee, schedule the
work of the committee and determine the order in which the committee shallThursday, January 14, 1999
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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/m1/65/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.