Journal of the Senate, Regular Session of the Seventy-Eighth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 13
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SENATE RESOLUTION 8
Senator Whitmire offered the following resolution:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, That two committees of
five members of the Senate be appointed by the President to notify the Governor and
the House of Representatives that the Senate is organized and ready to transact
business.
The resolution was read and was adopted without objection.
COMMITTEES TO NOTIFY APPOINTED
The President appointed the following Committee to Notify the
Governor: Senators Whitmire, Chair; Bivins, Barrientos, Shapiro, and Estes and the
following Committee to Notify the House of Representatives: Senators Brimer,
Chair; Williams, Hinojosa, Averitt, and Janek.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 3
The President laid before the Senate the following resolution:
BE IT RESOLVED by the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, That a joint
committee, composed of six members of the senate appointed by the lieutenant
governor and six members of the house 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 the first Tuesday in November, 2002, and that a joint session
of the senate and house be held in the hall of the house of representatives at
10:00 a.m., Thursday, January 16, 2003, 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 sit in joint session at 12 noon on
Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 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 appointed by the
speaker of the house, make arrangements for the joint session and oath-taking
ceremony on January 21, 2003; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas be, and
is hereby, instructed to close all entrances to the Capitol on Tuesday, January 21,
2003, except for those vehicles approved by the inaugural committee as necessary for
use in connection with the ceremony and the program following.
The resolution was read.
On motion of Senator Bivins, the resolution was considered immediately and
was adopted without objection.
CANVASS AND INAUGURAL
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
In accordance with the provisions of SCR 3, the President announced the
appointment of the following as a Committee to Canvass the Votes: Senators Nelson,
Chair; West, Ogden, Gallegos, Duncan, and Van de Putte and the following as the
Inaugural Committee: Senators Ratliff, Chair; Ellis, Fraser, Staples, and Zaffirini.Tuesday, January 14, 2003
SENATE JOURNAL
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