Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 33
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Wednesday, January 13, 1999 HOUSE JOURNAL - 2nd Day
SECTION 5.08. APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURES. (a) No allowance
included in this resolution shall be expended except for actual salaries or
actual expenses of the house, its members, departments, committees, and
employees and for such other expenses as are authorized by the Committee
on House Administration.
(b) The Committee on House Administration may not authorize any
expenditures of funds for personal or political campaign reasons.
(c) All expenditures authorized by this resolution shall be paid from
funds appropriated for the use of the house of representatives by vouchers or
other forms approved by the speaker of the house and the Committee on
House Administration.
ARTICLE 6. CAUCUSES
SECTION 6.01. DEFINITION. In this article, "caucus" means an
organization that is composed exclusively of members of the legislature, that
elects or appoints officers and recognizes identified legislators as members of
the organization, and that exists for research and other support of policy
development and interests that the membership holds in common. An
organization whose only nonlegislator members are the lieutenant governor
or the governor remains a "caucus" for purposes of this section.
SECTION 6.02. USE OF HOUSE FUNDS, EMPLOYEES, EQUIPMENT,
AND FACILITIES. (a) Except as expressly authorized by this section, funds
appropriated to the house may not be expended in support of a caucus,
employees compensated from funds appropriated to the house may not
perform caucus activities, and state-owned equipment and facilities may not
be used in the performance of caucus activities.
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[{-e] A person who is a caucus employee may not also be an employee
of an individual member or a committee and may not be compensated for
any purpose from funds appropriated to the house of representatives.
(c) [{d)-] An individual member of the house may authorize the use of
state equipment assigned to the member's office and the performance of caucus
activities by an employee of the member only if:
(1) the member determines that the activities support the member's
official duties;
(2) the caucus does not endorse or support a candidate for public
office;
(3) the caucus complies with the open meetings law (Chapter 551,
Government Code) and open records law (Chapter 552, Government Code)
as a governmental body; and
(4) the caucus does not accept contributions from nonmembers that
are required by law to be reported to the Texas Ethics Commission.
(d [{)] A caucus may use the meeting rooms of the Capitol and Capitol
extension to conduct meetings of the caucus membership or to host public
forums on matters of interest to the caucus.33
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 1999; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth97442/m1/37/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.