Bill Text: TX SR36 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Adopting Permanent Rules of the Senate of the 82nd Legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-01-19 - Reported enrolled [SR36 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR36-Enrolled.html
By: Eltife | S.R. No. 36 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, That | ||
the Rules of the Senate of the 81st Legislature are adopted as the | ||
Permanent Rules of the Senate of the 82nd Legislature with the | ||
following modifications: | ||
1. Amend Rule 7.07 to read as follows: | ||
LIMITATIONS ON INTRODUCTION | ||
Rule 7.07. (a) A bill filed for introduction [ |
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committee and disposed of under the rules of the Senate. | ||
(b) Except as provided in Subsection (a) and in Rule | ||
7.08, no bill shall be introduced after the first 60 calendar | ||
days of the session. This provision may only be suspended by an | ||
affirmative vote of four-fifths of the members of the Senate. | ||
(c) It shall not be in order to introduce a local bill as | ||
defined by Rule 9.01 unless notice of publication, as provided by | ||
law, is attached. | ||
2. Amend Rule 11.02 to read as follows: | ||
LIST OF STANDING COMMITTEES | ||
Rule 11.02. At the beginning of each regular session, the | ||
President shall appoint the following standing committees with | ||
the number of members indicated: | ||
STANDING COMMITTEES | ||
(1) Committee on Administration (7 members) | ||
(2) Committee on Agriculture and Rural Affairs (5 | ||
members) | ||
(3) Committee on Business and Commerce (9 members) | ||
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(5) Committee on Economic Development (7 members) | ||
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members) | ||
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members) | ||
(10) Committee on Higher Education (7 members) | ||
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(5 members) | ||
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Trade (7 members) | ||
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Security (9 members) | ||
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Military Installations (5 members) | ||
3. Amend Rule 12.08 to read as follows: | ||
SUSPENSION OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE RULES | ||
Rule 12.08. (a) Limitations imposed on certain | ||
conference committees by the provisions of Rules 12.03, 12.04, | ||
12.05, 12.06, and 12.07 may be suspended, in part, by permission | ||
of the Senate to enable consideration of and action on a specific | ||
matter or matters which otherwise would be in violation thereof. | ||
Such permission shall be granted only by resolution passed by | ||
majority vote of the Senate, with yeas and nays thereon to be | ||
recorded in the journal of the Senate. Such resolution shall | ||
specify in detail: (1) the exact nature of the matter or matters | ||
proposed to be considered; (2) the specific limitation or | ||
limitations to be suspended thereby; (3) the specific action | ||
contemplated by the conference committee thereon; and (4) except | ||
for a resolution suspending the limitations on the conferees for | ||
the general appropriations bill, the reasons why suspension of | ||
such limitations is being requested. In the application of this | ||
rule to appropriations bills, the resolution need not include | ||
changes in amounts resulting from a proposed salary plan or | ||
changes in format that do not affect the amount of an | ||
appropriation or the method of finance of an appropriation, but | ||
shall include a general statement describing the salary plan or | ||
format change. The resolution need not include differences in | ||
language which do not affect the substance of the bill. | ||
Permission thus granted shall suspend such limitations only for | ||
the matter or matters clearly specified in the resolution, and | ||
action of the conference committee shall be in conformity | ||
therewith. | ||
(b) A copy of a resolution suspending the limitations on | ||
the conferees for the general appropriations bill must be | ||
furnished to each member at least 48 hours before any action | ||
thereon, if convened in regular session, and 24 hours before any | ||
action thereon, if convened in called session. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on January 19, 2011, | ||
by the following vote: Yeas 18, | ||
Nays 11. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate |