Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Sixty-First Legislature, Volume 1 Page: 57
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MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1969
Resolution Signed
The President announced the sign-
ing by the President Pro Tempore
in the presence of the Senate after,
the caption had been read, the fol-
lowing enrolled resolution:
S. C. R. No. 5, Providing for the
selection of a Poet Laureate for the
State of Texas.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 11
Senator Strong offered the follow-
ing resolution:
S. C. R. No. 11, Proposing adop-
tion of Joint Rules of Procedure for
the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives of the 61st Texas Legislature.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate
of the State of Texas, the House of,
Representatives concurring, That
Section 1. The following Joint Rules
be, and are hereby, adopted as the
Joint Rules of the 61st Legislature,
subject to the conditions herein pro-
vided :
JOINT RULES OF THE TWO
HOUSES
NOTICE OF CONVENING
1. At the convening of any new
session of the Legislature, Regular
or Called, each house shall proceed
with its own organization and shall
give notice to the other house as
soon as it is organized and ready to
conduct business.
2. Each house shall record in its
Journal on the day and at the time
of the event the fact: (1) that it
gave notice to the other house that
it had completed its own organiza-
tion, and (2) that it received notice
from the other house that such other
house had completed its organization.
3. Each house shall give notice to
the Governor that it has completed
its organization and is ready to con-
duct business, and the fact of such
notice shall be recorded in its Jour-
nal on the day and at the time of
the event.
COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN
THE TWO HOUSES
4. When a message is sent from
the Senate to the House of Repre-
sentatives, it shall be announced at
the door of the House by the Door-
keeper, and shall be respectfully com-
municated to the Chair by the persondelivering the same. The same cere-
mony shall be observed when a mes-
sage is sent from the House of Rep-
resentatives to the Senate.
5. All messages between the Houses
relating to the passage or rejection
of any bills, resolution, or other mat-
ter shall be on paper and properly
addressed to the presiding officer of
the house to which the message is
sent, and shall be under the signa-
ture of the Secretary of the Senate
or the Chief Clerk of the House, as
the case may be. All such messages
shall be printed in full in the Jour-
nal of the House receiving same.
6. In the transmission of a bill
or resolution from one house to the
other, such bill or resolution shall be
accompanied by all papers upon which
such bill or resolution is founded.
7. When a bill, joint resolution or
concurrent resolution has been defeat-
ed in the Senate or in the House (or
defeated in a committee of either
house), the Secretary of the Senate
or the Chief Clerk of the House, as
the case may be, shall immediately
notify the other house of the defeat
of said bill or resolution and transmit
a copy of the caption of such defeat-
ed bill or resolution.
JOINT SESSIONS OF THE TWO
HOUSES
8. The two houses may be con-
vened in Joint Session by the passage
of a concurrent resolution.
9. In all joint sessions, the Senate
will meet with the House in the Hall
of the House at the hour fixed for
such session. The Speaker of the
House will preside. The President of
the Senate shall take a seat to the
right of the Speaker, and the Sen-
ators shall take seats in front of
the Speaker's desk. The President
shall call the Senate to order and
ascertain the presence of a quorum.
The Speaker shall call the House to
order and ascertain the presence of
a quorum. The Speaker shall then
proceed to lay before the Joint Ses-
sion whatever matter the Joint Ses-
sion was convened to consider.
10. When the Joint Session has
completed the business for which it
was convened, the President shall re-
tire the Senate to its Chamber or
take such other action as may have
been previously authorized by the
Senate. The Speaker shall then have
the House stand at ease until the
Senate retires or take such other
action as may have been previously
authorized by the House.57
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