Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 65
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(b) When a call of a committee is moved for one or more of the
foregoing purposes and seconded by two members, one of whom may be the
chair, and is ordered by a majority of the members present, no member shall
thereafter be permitted to leave the committee meeting without written
permission from the chair. After the call is ordered, and in the absence of a
quorum, the chair shall have the authority to authorize the sergeant-at-arms
to locate absent members of the committee and to compel their attendance
for the duration of the call.
Sec. 18. MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS. (a) For each committee,
including a calendars committee, the chair, or the member acting as chair,
shall keep complete minutes of the proceedings in committee, which shall
include:
(1) the time and place of each meeting of the committee;
(2) a roll call to determine the members present at each meeting of
the committee, whether that meeting follows an adjournment or a recess from
a previous committee meeting;
(3) an accurate record of all votes taken, including a listing of the
yeas and nays cast on a record vote;
(4) the date of posting of notice of the meeting; and
(5) other information that the chair shall determine.
(b) The minutes for each public hearing of a committee shall also
include an attachment listing the names of the persons, other than members
of the legislature, and the persons or entities represented by those persons,
who were recognized by the chair to address the committee in favor of, in
opposition to, or without taking a position on a measure or other matter
before the committee.
(c) Committee minutes shall be corrected only at the direction of the
chair as authorized by a majority vote of the committee. Duplicate originals
of committee minutes shall be maintained, one to remain with the committee
chair and the other to be filed with the chief clerk. The committee minutes
of a meeting of the Appropriations Committee on the general appropriations
bill must be filed with the chief clerk within five days of the committee
meeting. All other committee minutes must be filed with the chief clerk
within three days of the committee meeting for a substantive committee, and
within one day of the committee meeting for a procedural committee. If the
date on which the committee minutes are due occurs on a Saturday, Sunday,
or holiday on which the house is not in session, the committee minutes shall
be filed on the following working day. The time at which the minutes are
filed shall be time-stamped on the duplicate originals of the minutes that are
filed with the chief clerk. The duplicate originals shall be available at all
reasonable business hours for inspection by members or the public.
(d) The chief clerk shall maintain the minutes and records safe from loss,
destruction, and alteration at all times, and may, at any time, turn them, or
any portion, over to the Committee on House Administration.
Sec. 19. RECORDING OF TESTIMONY. All testimony before committees
and subcommittees shall be electronically recorded under the direction of the
Committee on House Administration. Copies of the testimony may be
released under guidelines promulgated by the Committee on House
Administration.Thursday, 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/m1/69/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.