Bill Text: TX HR100 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Providing for nominations for election as speaker of the house.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-01-12 - Reported enrolled [HR100 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR100-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 100 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of | ||
Texas, That, in accordance with Sections 9(b) and 11, Article III, | ||
Texas Constitution, the House of Representatives of the 82nd | ||
Legislature shall receive nominations to elect a speaker of the | ||
house from its own membership as follows: | ||
SECTION 1. NOMINATIONS. (a) The secretary of state shall | ||
call for nominations from the floor for the election of speaker of | ||
the house of representatives and shall recognize every member who | ||
desires to make a nomination. The order in which members desiring | ||
to make a nomination shall proceed shall be determined by lot. | ||
(b) Each member recognized for this purpose shall | ||
immediately advance to the front microphone and make the nomination | ||
in a nominating speech not to exceed five minutes in length. | ||
(c) After all nominations have been made, the secretary of | ||
state shall declare nominations to be closed. | ||
SECTION 2. SECONDS. (a) A person is not considered a | ||
nominee unless the nomination is seconded by at least one member. | ||
(b) One seconding speech shall be allowed for each | ||
nomination in the order in which nominations were made, then other | ||
seconding speeches shall be allowed in rotation in the same order. | ||
(c) No more than five seconding speeches shall be allowed | ||
for each nominee. | ||
(d) A seconding speech may not exceed three minutes in | ||
length. | ||
Hughes | ||
Hunter | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 100 was adopted by the House on | ||
January 11, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||