Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 67
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Sec. 23. POWER TO REQUEST ASSISTANCE OF STATE AGENCIES.
Each committee is authorized to request the assistance, when needed, of all
state departments, agencies, and offices, and it shall be the duty of the
departments, agencies, and offices to assist the committee when requested to
do so. Each committee shall have the power and authority to inspect the
records, documents, and files of every state department, agency, and office,
to the extent necessary to the discharge of its duties within the area of its
jurisdiction.
CHAPTER C. COMMITTEE FUNCTIONS
Sec. 24. INTERIM STUDIES. Standing committees, en banc or by
subcommittees, are hereby authorized to conduct studies that are authorized
by the speaker pursuant to Rule 1, Section 17. Studies may not be
authorized by resolution. The speaker may appoint public citizens and
officials of state and local governments to standing committees to augment
the membership for the purpose of interim studies and shall provide a list of
such appointments to the chief clerk. The chair of the standing committee
shall have authority to name the subcommittees necessary and desirable for
the conduct of the interim studies and shall also prepare a budget for interim
studies for approval by the Committee on House Administration.
Sec. 25. MOTION PREVENTING REPORTING OR PLACEMENT ON A
CALENDAR. No motion is in order in a committee considering a bill,
resolution, or other matter that would prevent the committee from reporting
it back to the house or placing it on a calendar in accordance with the Rules
of the House.
Sec. 26. FINAL ACTION IN FORM OF REPORT. No action by a
committee on bills or resolutions referred to it shall be considered as final
unless it is in the form of a favorable report, an unfavorable report, or a report
of inability to recommend a course of action.
Sec. 27. VOTE ON MOTION TO REPORT. Motions made in committee
to report favorably or unfavorably must receive affirmative majority votes,
majority negative votes to either motion being insufficient to report. If a
committee is unable to agree on a recommendation for action, as in the case
of a tie vote, it should submit a statement of this fact as its report, and the
house shall decide, by a majority vote, the disposition of the matter by one
of the following alternatives:
(1) leave the bill in the committee for further consideration;
(2) refer the bill to some other committee; or
(3) order the bill printed, in which case the bill shall go to the
Committee on Calendars for placement on a calendar and for proposal of
an appropriate rule for house consideration.
Sec. 28. MINORITY REPORTS. The report of a minority of a committee
shall be made in the same general form as a majority report. No minority
report shall be recognized by the house unless it has been signed by not less
than 4 members of a committee consisting of 21 or more members, 3
members of a committee consisting of less than 21 members and more than
10 members, or 2 members of a committee consisting of 10 or less members.
Only members who were present when the vote was taken on the bill,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/m1/71/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.