Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixty-First Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 46
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46 HOUSE JOURNAL
must be filed with the Chief Clerk
at the time the bill is introduced if
the bill is one to:
(1) Create a particular conserva-
tion and reclamation district; or
(2) Amend the act of a particu-
lar conservation and reclamation dis-
trict to
(a) Add additional land to the
District;
(b) Alter the taxing authority of
the District;
(c) Alter the authority of the
District with respect to issuing
bonds; or
(d) Alter the qualifications or
terms of office of the members of
the governing body of the District.
No bill may be laid before the
House on first reading until this
rule has been complied with.
Section 6. Each bill shall be filed
with the Chief Clerk when introduced
and shall be numbered in its regular
order. Each bill shall be read first
time by caption and referred by the
Speaker to the proper committee.
During the first forty-five calendar
days of a Regular Session, unless
otherwise directed by a majority vote
of the House, twenty-four hours must
elapse between the time of introduc-
tion and the time of the first reading
and reference of a bill or resolution
to the proper committee.
Section 7. No bill shall be consider-
ed unless it has been first referred
to a committee and reported there-
from.
Section 8. Bills and joint resolutions
introduced during the first sixty cal-
endar days of the Regular Session
may be considered by the committees
and in the House, and disposed of at
any time during the Session, in ac-
cordance with the Rules of the House;
provided, however, that after the first
sixty calendar days of a Regular Ses-
sion, no bill or joint resolution, ex-
cept local bills, emergency appropria-
tions, and all emergency matters sub-
mitted by the Governor in special
messages to the Legislature shall be
introduced, except by an affirmative
vote of four-fifths of those members
present and voting.
Section 9. Except as provided in46 HOSE JURNA
Section 14. On calendar Wednes-
day and on calendar Thursday of
each week only Senate bills and Sen-
ate joint resolutions shall be taken
up and considered until disposed of.
Priority of consideration of Senate
bills and Senate joint resolutions shall
be accorded pursuant to the provi-
sions of Rule IX, on separate Senate
calendars prepared by the CommitteeSection 27 of Rule VIII, when a bill
has been committed once at any read-
ing and has been reported adversely
by the committee to which it was re-
ferred, it shall not be in order to
again recommit the bill unless a
minority report shall have been filed
in the time required by the Rules of
the House, and then only by a two-
thirds vote of those present.
Section 10. No House bill or Sen-
ate bill on its second reading shall
be considered for any purpose dur-
ing the last seventy-two hours be-
fore the final adjournment of the
Legislature, unless it is an appropria-
tion bill.
Section 11. The Speaker shall not
be authorized to recognize, nor shall
he recognize, anyone to take up a
bill out of its regular order within
forty-eight hours next preceding final
adjournment; nor shall he lay any
bill before the House or take a vote
upon passage thereof during the last
twenty-four hours next preceding the
final adjournment of the Legislature,
except adoption of conference com-
mittee reports or concurrence in Sen-
ate amendments.
Section 12. All bills before the
House shall be taken up and acted
upon in the order in which they ap-
pear on their respective calendars,
and each calendar shall have the
priority accorded to it by the pro-
visions of Rule IX. With respect to
a particular calendar, bills on third
reading shall have precedence over
bills on second reading.
Section 13. When any House bill
shall be reached upon the calendar
or shall be before the House for con-
sideration, it shall be the duty of the
Speaker to give the place of such
House bill on the calendar to any
Senate bill which has been referred
to and reported from a committee of
the House which contains the same
subject and to lay such Senate bill
before the House, to be considered
in lieu of such House bill.
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixty-First Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 1969; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193877/m1/50/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.