Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixty-Fourth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 32
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64th LEGISLATURE - REGULAR SESSION
Administration the necessary supplies and services to operate the Speaker's office and
also to have paid through that committee necessary local and long distance telephone
charges; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Speaker of the House is authorized to attend any
meetings of or sponsored by the Council of State Governments and any meetings on
problems of federal-state relations and interstate relations and cooperation, and any
other governmental meeting in or outside the state, and at the Speaker's discretion, he
may appoint members of the House, staff members, and other employees of the House
to accompany him or to represent him at said meetings or to attend in-service training
courses sponsored by the Council of State Governments and the National Conference
if State Legislatures. Employees of the House must have prior written approval of the
Speaker to attend any such meetings or in-service training courses. Those attending
meetings under this authority may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses not
to exceed those amounts authorized by law, including registration fees and tuition when
sworn expense accounts are filed with and approved by the Speaker or chairman of the
Committee on House Administration. Reimbursement for expenses incurred by a
member, staff member, or employee of the House in an appointive capacity resulting
from an appointment made by anyone other than the Speaker shall be made only in the
event that the appointment and expenses to be incurred have been previously approved
in writing by the Speaker or Committee on House Administration. The Speaker is
authorized to expend money for membership in not more than three interstate
associations of legislators; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the officers for the 64th Legislature, including those
enumerated below, be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Speaker:
1. House Administrator
2. Chief Clerk
3. Sergeant at Arms
4. Reading Clerk
5. Journal Clerk
6. Calendar Clerk
7. Chief of Committee Clerks
8. Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk
9. Chaplain
10. Voting Machine Operator
11. Parliamentarian;
and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Speaker shall have the right to discharge any employee
of the House, including its divisions and committees, when the best interest of the
House of Representatives would be served by so doing; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Speaker is hereby authorized to grant authority to select
committees, special committees, study committees, subcommittees, or standing
committees of the House to hold meetings while the legislature is not in session as the
Speaker considers necessary and desirable to conduct the business of the House and to
assist the Speaker in conducting the business of the House, under a pattern of operation
and restrictions determined by the rules of the House, and the committee members may
be reimbursed for actual traveling and other expenses when conducting such business
and attending those meetings when approved by either the Speaker or the Committee
on House Administration; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Committee on House Administration, subject to the
approval of the Speaker, shall:
(1) consider and adopt operating budgets for the divisions of the House and all
committees appointed pursuant to the resolution adopting the rules of the House or
appointed by the Speaker pursuant to any other resolution; and
(2) effectuate policies and determine guidelines for the operation of the
divisions and committees of the House; and32
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixty-Fourth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 1975; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193900/m1/36/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.