Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixtieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 60
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60 HOUSE JOURNAL
before the Senate for consideration, it
shall be the duty of the President to
give the place of such bill on the
calendar to any House bill which has
been referred to and reported from a
committee of the Senate, and which
is substantially the same as said Sen-
ate bill, or to lay such House bill be-
fore the Senate to be considered in
lieu of such Senate bill.
15. On calendar Wednesday and
Thursday only of each week, House
bills and House joint resolutions shall
be taken up and considered in the
Senate until disposed of; and in case
a House bill should be pending at ad-
journment on Thursday, it shall go
over to the succeeding calendar Wed-
nesday as unfinished business; pro-
vided however, this rule as to such
pending business at adjournment on
calendar Thursday may be suspended
by a two-thirds vote of the Senate
to permit the continued consideration
of such pending business.
16. When any House bill shall be
reached upon the calendar or shall
be before the House for consideration,
it shall be the duty of the Speaker
to give the place of such bill on the
calendar to any Senate bill which has
been referred to and reported from
a committee of the House, and which
is substantially the same as said
House bill, or to lay such Senate bill
before the House to be considered in
lieu of such House bill.
17. On calendar Wednesday and
Thursday only of each week, Senate
bills and Senate joint resolutions shall
be taken up and considered in the
House until disposed of; and in case
a Senate bill should be pending at
adjournment on Thursday, it shall go
over to the succeeding calendar Wed-
nesday as unfinished business; pro-
vided however, this rule as to such
pending business at adjournment on
calendar Thursday may be suspended
by a two-thirds vote of the House
to permit the continued consideration
of such pending business.
18. No bill shall be considered, un-
less it has first been referred to a
committee and reported thereon, and
no bill shall be passed which has not
been presented and referred to and
reported from a committee at least
three days before the final adjourn-
ment of the Legislature (Constitution,
Article III, Section 37). No vote shallbe taken upon the passage of any bill
within the last twenty-four hours of
the Session, unless it be to correct an
error therein.
19. In reckoning the time within
which a bill has been introduced, the
date of its first introduction in either
house shall govern.
APPROPRIATION BILLS
20. There is hereby created the
Joint Legislative Committee on State
Finance whose membership shall con-
sist of all members of the Senate nam-
ed by the President to be members
of the Senate Finance Committee and
all members of the House named by
the Speaker to be members of the
House Appropriations Committee;
provided, however, that not more than
twenty-one such members can be nam-
ed by either house. During each two-
year period immediately following an
election for President of the United
States, the Chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee shall be Chairman,
and the Chairman of the House Ap-
propriations Committee shall be Vice
Chairman, of the Joint Committee,
which position shall be reversed in
the subsequent two-year period in
such manner that the Chairman of
the Joint Committee shall alternately
be a member of the Senate for two
years and then a member of the House
for two years, with the Vice Chairman
in each instance to be a member of
the other House. Neither the Senate
Finance Committee nor the House Ap-
propriations Committee shall separ-
ately schedule or conduct any hearing
with respect to the General Appro-
priations Bill, but all such hearings
shall be scheduled and conducted by
the Joint Committee. Such hearings
may be conducted by the Joint Com-
mittee en banc or by such appropriate
subcommittees as the Joint Commit-
tee shall determine. If subcommittees
are utilized by the Joint Committee,
each subcommittee shall consist of
an equal number of members from
each house. The Chairman of the Joint
Committee shall schedule all such
hearings, subject to approval by
the Joint Committee, and shall
provide each member of the Joint
Committee with a copy of such sche-
dule at least one week in advance of
the date the first hearing is scheduled.
All such hearings shall be open to the
public and press. The Chairman shall
conduct the hearings in accordance60
HOUSE JOURNAL
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixtieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 1967; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193874/m1/64/?rotate=90: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.