Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 62
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76th LEGISLATURE- REGULAR SESSION
consider and act on bills, resolutions, and other matters referred to the
committee;
(4) have authority to employ and discharge the staff and employees
authorized for the committee and have supervision and control over all the
staff and employees;
(5) direct the preparation of all committee reports. No committee
report shall be official until signed by the chair of the committee, or by the
person acting as chair, or by a majority of the membership of the committee;
(6) determine the necessity for public hearings, schedule hearings,
and be responsible for posting notice of hearings as required by the rules;
(7) preside at all meetings of the committee and control its
deliberations and activities in accordance with acceptable parliamentary
procedure; and
(8) have authority to direct the sergeant-at-arms to assist, where
necessary, in enforcing the will of the committee.
Sec. 7. BILL ANALYSES. [In addition to other dt ies that may be
assigned by the chair, the staff of each standing uoninvittee shall be
responsible fo poiding an analysis of] Except for the general
appropriations bill, for each bill or joint resolution referred to the committee,
the staff of the committee shall be responsible for distributing a copy of a
bill [and for ditibuting copies of the] analysis to each member of the
committee at the earliest possible opportunity but not later than the first time
the measure is laid out in a committee meeting. [The chaf f of the ommtt
Sec. 8. MEETINGS. (a) As soon as practicable after standing committees
are constituted and organized, the Committee on House Administration shall
prepare a schedule for regular meetings of all standing committees. This
schedule shall be published in the house journal and posted in a convenient
and conspicuous place near the entrance to the house and on other posting
boards for committee meeting notices, as determined necessary by the
Committee on House Administration.
To the extent practicable during each regular session, standing
committees shall conduct regular committee meetings in accordance with the
schedule of meetings prepared by the Committee on House Administration.
(b) Standing committees shall meet at other times as may be determined
by the committee, or as may be called by the chair. Subcommittees of
standing committees shall likewise meet at other times as may be determined
by the committee, or as may be called by the chair of the committee or
subcommittee.
Committees shall also meet in such places and at such times as the
speaker may designate.
Sec. 9. MEETING WHILE HOUSE IN SESSION. No standing committee
or subcommittee shall meet during the time the house is in session without62
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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/m1/66/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.