Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 78
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76th LEGISLATURE- REGULAR SESSION
shall be reviewable by the house only if two members of the committee
request an appeal from the decision of the committee. The request shall be
in the form of a minority report and shall be subject to the same rules that
are applicable to minority reports on bills. Suspension shall remain in force
until the accused person purges himself or herself and comes within the rules,
or until the house, by majority vote, reverses the action of the committee.
Sec. 17. MEMBERS LOUNGE PRIVILEGES. Only the following persons
shall be admitted to the members lounge at any time: members of the house;
members of the senate; and former members of the house and senate who are
not engaged in any form of employment requiring them to lobby or work for
or against any pending or prospective legislative measures.
Sec. 18. FLOOR DUTIES OF HOUSE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. It
shall be the duty of the Committee on House Administration to determine
what duties are to be discharged by officers and employees of the house on
the floor of the house, specifically in the area enclosed by the railing, when
the house is in session. It shall be the duty of the speaker to see that the
officers and employees do not violate the regulations promulgated by the
Committee on House Administration.
Sec. 19. PROPER DECORUM. No person shall be admitted to, or
allowed to remain in, the house chamber while the house is in session unless
properly attired, and all gentlemen shall wear a coat and tie. Food or
beverage shall not be permitted in the house chamber at any time, and no
person carrying food or beverage shall be admitted to the chamber, whether
the house is in session or in recess. Reading newspapers shall not be
permitted in the house chamber while the house is in session.
Sec. 20. MEDIA ACCESS TO HOUSE CHAMBER. (a) When the house
is in session, no media representative shall be admitted to the floor of the
house or allowed its privileges unless the person is a salaried staff
correspondent, reporter, or photographer regularly employed by a newspaper,
a press association or news service serving newspapers, a publication
requiring telegraphic coverage, or a duly licensed radio or television station
or network.
(b) Any media representative seeking admission to the floor of the house
under the provisions of Subsection (a) of this section must present to the
Committee on House Administration fully accredited credentials from his or
her employer certifying that the media representative is engaged primarily in
reporting the sessions of the legislature. Regularly accredited media
representatives who have duly qualified under the provisions of this section
may, when requested to do so, make recommendations through their
professional committees to the Committee on House Administration as to the
sufficiency or insufficiency of the credentials of any person seeking admission
to the floor of the house under this section.
Every media representative, before being admitted to the floor of the
house during its sessions, shall file with the Committee on House
Administration a written statement showing the paper or papers, press
association, news service, publication requiring telegraphic coverage, or radio
or television station or network which he or she represents and certifying that
no part of his or her salary for legislative coverage is paid by any person,78
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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/m1/82/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.