Bill Text: TX SCR3 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Providing for a joint session to canvass the votes for the governor and lieutenant governor and for a joint session for the inaugural ceremony.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2019-01-16 - Filed with the Secretary of State [SCR3 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SCR3-Enrolled.html
| S.C.R. No. 3 | ||
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| BE IT RESOLVED by the 86th 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 6, 2018, and that a joint session of the | ||
| senate and house be held in the hall of the house of representatives | ||
| at 12 noon on Thursday, January 10, 2019, 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 at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 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 15, 2019; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Department of Public Safety of the State | ||
| of Texas is instructed to close all vehicle entrances to the Capitol | ||
| grounds beginning at 5 p.m. on Monday, January 14, 2019, and ending | ||
| at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, except for those | ||
| vehicles approved by the inaugural committee as necessary for use | ||
| in connection with the joint session and oath-taking ceremony and | ||
| the program following. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 3 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on January 8, 2019, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 3 was adopted by the House | ||
| on January 9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, | ||
| one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
