Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Sixty-First Legislature, Volume 1 Page: 62
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62 SEATE JURNA
sion, (2) the substance of the Senate
version, and (3) the substance of the
recommendation thereon by the con-
ference committee. No action shall be
taken by either house on any confer-
ence committee report in the absence
of such an analysis except by an af-
firmative vote of two-thirds of the
members present, with the yeas and
nays thereon to be recorded in the
Journal of such house.
36. The presiding officer of each
house shall rule out of order any Con-
ference Committee Report made or
which is in violation of any of the
provisions and limitations contained
in the Joint Rules.
37. Each Conference Committee Re-
port, regardless of its subject matter.
shall be printed only once in the Jour-
nal, such printing to be determined as
follows: (1) if the Conference Com-
mittee Report involves a House bill,
such report shall be printed in the
House Journal and not in the Senate
Journal: and (2) if the Conference
Committee Report involves a Senate
bill, such report shall be printed in
the Senate Journal and not in the
House Journal.
ENROLLING AND SIGNING BILLS
38. After a bill shall have passed
both houses, it shall be duly enrolled
including all proper endorsements. fol-
lowing which it shall be examined by
the Joint Legislative Committee on
Administration, hereinafter created.
The Joint Committee shall carefully
compare the enrolled bill with the
drafts of such bill as passed by the
respective houses, correct any and all
errors made in the enrollment thereof
and report thereon to the respective
houses Such report shall be accom-
panied by a copy of the bill and shall,
except for local bills, be printed in th,"
Journal of the house in nhich such bill
originated.
39. There is hereby created the
Joint Leghilative Committee on Ad-
ministration whose membership shall
consist of all members of the Senate
named by the President to be mem-
bers of the Senate Committee on
Rules and all members of the House
named hv the Speaker to be members
of the House Committee on Enrelled
and Engrossed Bills; provided, how-
ever, that not more than five such
members can be named by either
house. During each two-year period
immediately following an election forPresident of the United States, the
Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Rules shall be Chairman, and the
Chairman of the House Committee on
Enrolled and Engrossed Bills shall be
Vice-Chairman, of the Joint Commit-
tee, which positions 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
rceh instance to be a member of the
other house. The Joint Committee
shall conduct studies of various phases
of legislative administration, such as
printing, enrolling and engrossing, and
status reporting, to determine the
feasibility of joint operation of such
facilities, and shall report thereon to
the respective houses from time to
time as the occasion warrants. Should
joint operation of any facility be pro-
vided by the two houses, such facility
shall be under the supervision and
control of the Joint Committee.
40. If a joint facility for the enroll-
ment of bills is provided, it shall be
the duty of such facility to enroll in
accurate and correct form all bills or
resolutions passed by both houses, as
well as any resolution passed by a
single house which is subject to being
enrolled, unter such rules and regula-
tions as may be promulgated by the
Joint Committee. In the absence of
such joint facility, it shall be the duty
of the Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk
of the House to enroll all bills and
resolutions which originate in the
House and the dutv of the Enrolling
and Engrossing Clerk of the Senate
to enroll all bills and resolutions which
originate in the Senate.
41. After examination and report,
each bill shall be signed in the respec-
tive houses, first by the presiding offi-
cer of the house in which the bill orig-
inated and then by the presiding offi-
cer of the other house, in accordance
with Article 8, Section 38, of the Tex-
as Constitution.
42. After a bill shall have been
signed in each house, it shall be pre-
sented by the Joint Committee to the
Governor for his consideration and ac-
tion. The Joint Committee shall report
the day of presentation to the Gover-
nor, which event and date thereof
shall be entered in the Journal of the
house in which the bill originated.
43. Unless and until a joint facility
for the enrollment of bills is provided,62
SENATE JOURNAL
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