Bill Text: TX SCR3 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Providing for procedures for the canvass of votes for the governor and lieutenant governor and the inauguration of the governor and lieutenant governor, and inviting the governor to address a joint session of the legislature on January 15, 2015.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-05 - Signed by the Governor [SCR3 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SCR3-Enrolled.html
| S.C.R. No. 3 | ||
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| BE IT RESOLVED by the 84th Legislature, That a joint | ||
| committee, composed of six members of the senate appointed by the | ||
| lieutenant governor and six members of the house of representatives | ||
| appointed by the speaker of the house, arrange for the canvass of | ||
| the votes cast for governor and lieutenant governor at the general | ||
| election held on November 4, 2014, and that a joint session of the | ||
| senate and house be held in the hall of the house of representatives | ||
| at 1 p.m., on Thursday, January 15, 2015, for the purpose of | ||
| counting the votes, receiving the report, and hearing the | ||
| declaration of the results of the canvass; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the senate and house of representatives sit in | ||
| joint session in the hall of the house of representatives at 2:30 | ||
| p.m., on Thursday, January 15, 2015, and that the Honorable Rick | ||
| Perry, Governor of the State of Texas, be, and is hereby, invited to | ||
| address the Regular Session of the 84th Legislature in joint | ||
| session at that time; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the senate and house of representatives sit in | ||
| joint session at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, for the | ||
| inauguration of the governor-elect and lieutenant governor-elect | ||
| of Texas as determined by the canvass of the votes; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a joint committee, composed of five members of | ||
| the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor and five members of | ||
| the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, | ||
| make arrangements for the joint session and oath-taking ceremony on | ||
| January 20, 2015; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Department of Public Safety of the State | ||
| of Texas be, and is hereby, instructed to close all vehicle | ||
| entrances to the Capitol grounds on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, | ||
| except for those vehicles approved by the inaugural committee as | ||
| necessary for use in connection with the ceremony and the program | ||
| following. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 3 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on January 13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 3 was adopted by the House | ||
| on January 14, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
