Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 72
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76th LEGISLATURE- REGULAR SESSION
Sec. 40. SUBSTITUTES. The committee may adopt and report a
complete germane committee substitute containing the title, enacting clause,
and text of the bill in lieu of an original bill, in which event the complete
substitute bill on committee report shall be laid before the house and shall
be the matter then before the house for its consideration, instead of the
original bill. If the substitute bill is defeated at any legislative stage, the bill
is considered not passed.
Sec. 41. GERMANENESS OF SUBSTITUTE. If a point of order is raised
that a complete committee substitute is not germane, in whole or in part, and
the point of order is sustained, the committee substitute shall be returned to
the Committee on Calendars, which may have the original bill printed and
distributed and placed on a calendar in lieu of the substitute or may return
the original bill to the committee from which it was reported for further
action.
Sec. 42. AUTHOR'S RIGHT TO OFFER AMENDMENTS TO REPORT.
Should the author or sponsor of the bill, resolution, or other proposal not be
satisfied with the final recommendation or form of the committee report, the
member shall have the privilege of offering on the floor of the house such
amendments or changes as he or she considers necessary and desirable, and
those amendments or changes shall be given priority during the periods of
time when original amendments are in order under the provisions of Rule 11,
Section 7.
CHAPTER D. SUBCOMMITTEES
Sec. 43. JURISDICTION. Each committee is authorized to conduct its
activities and perform its work through the use of subcommittees as shall be
determined by the chair of the committee. Subcommittees shall be created,
organized, and operated in such a way that the subject matter and work area
of each subcommittee shall be homogeneous and shall pertain to related
governmental activities. The size and jurisdiction of each subcommittee shall
be determined by the chair of the committee, except that each substantive
committee, other than the Appropriations Committee, shall have a
subcommittee for oversight whose responsibility it shall be to monitor the
operations and performance of the state agencies within the jurisdiction of the
committee as provided in Rule 3. When the subcommittee for oversight has
been appointed, the chair of the committee shall file a list of the members
of the subcommittee with the chief clerk.
Sec. 44. MEMBERSHIP. The chair of each standing committee shall
appoint from the membership of the committee the members who are to serve
on each subcommittee, including the subcommittee for oversight. Any
vacancy on a subcommittee shall be filled by appointment of the chair of the
standing committee. The chair and vice-chair of each subcommittee,
including the subcommittee for oversight, shall be named by the chair of the
committee.
Sec. 45. RULES GOVERNING OPERATIONS. The Rules of Procedure of
the House of Representatives, to the extent applicable, shall govern the
hearings and operations of each subcommittee. Subject to the foregoing, and
to the extent necessary for orderly transaction of business, each subcommittee
may promulgate and adopt additional rules and procedures by which it will
function.72
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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/m1/76/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.