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72 SEATE JURNA
put by the President and the Mem-
bers shall signify their assent or dis-
sent by answering "yea" or "nay."
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO
GIVE CASTING VOTE
56. If the Senate be equally divided
on any question, the Lieutenant Gov-
ernor, if present, shall give the cast-
ing vote. (See Constitution, Art. 4,
Sec. 616.)
EFFECT OF TIE VOTE WHEN
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
ABSENT
57. If the Senate is equally divid-
ed on any question when the Lieu-
tenant Governor is not present, such
question or motion shall be lost.
CALLS FOR YEAS AND NAYS BY
PRESIDING OFFICER
58. Upon the final passage of all
amendments proposed to the Constitu-
tion, of all bills appropriating money
or lands for any purpose, and of all
questions requiring a vote of two-
thirds, the Presiding Officer shall call
for the yeas and nays, and they shall
be entered in the Journal. Upon a
motion to suspend the rules, the Pre-
siding Officer shall call for the yeas
and nays, but they shall not be en-
tered in the Journal unless required
under Rule 59.
CALL FOR YEAS AND NAYS BY
THREE MEMBERS
59. At the desire of any three
Members present, the yeas and nays
shall be entered on the Journal, and
the names of the Members present
and not voting shall be recorded im-
mediately after those voting in the
affirmative and negative, and such
Members shall be counted in deter-
mining the presence of a quorum.
(See Constitution, Art. 3, Sec. 12.)
MEMBERS REFUSING TO AN-
SWER RECORDED PRESENT
60. Upon a roll call of the Senate,
should any Member who is in the
Senate Chamber fail or refuse to an-
swer when his name is called, the
Secretary of the Senate shall, under
the direction of the President of the
Senate, record such Member as
present.
MATTERS REQUIRING VOTE OF
TWO-THIRDS OF ALL MEMBERSall Members elected to the Senate
shall be required:
(1) For the final passage of amend-
ments to the Constitution. (See Con-
stitution, Art. 17, Sec. 1.)
(2) In cases of great public calam-
ity to release the payment of taxes.
(See Constitution, Art. 8, Sec. 10.)
(3) For the final passage of bills to
reduce a county to a less area than
nine hundred square miles. (See Con-
stiution, Art. 9, Sec. 1.)
(4) For the passage of an address
to the Governor for the removal of
any civil officer. (See Constitution,
Art. 15, Sec. 8.)
(5) To expel a Member. (See Con-
stitution, Art. 3, Sec. 11.)
VETOED BILLS
(b) A vote of two-thirds of all
Members elected to the Senate shall
be required for the passage of House
bills that have have been returned by
the Governor with his objections, and
a vote of two-thirds of the Members
of the Senate present shall be re-
quired for the passage of Senate bills
that have been returned by the Gov-
ernor with his objections. (See Con-
stitution, Art. 4, Sec. 14.)
MATTERS REQUIRING VOTE OF
TWO-THIRDS OF MEMBERS
PRESENT
62. (a) A vote of two-thirds of all
Members present shall be required:
(1) For the impeachment of any
officer. (See Constitution, Art. 15, Sec.
3.)
(2) To excuse absentees.
(3) To adopt an amendment at third
reading of a bill or joint resolution.
(4) To postpone or change the or-
der of business.
(5) To suspend, rescind or amend
any rule of the Senate. Joint Rules
of the two Houses may be adopted or
amended by a simple majority of the
Members elected to the Senate and
shall take precedence over Senate
Rules in conflict.
(b) A vote of two-thirds of the
Members present shall be required
for the confirmation of any appointee
of the Governor, unless otherwise di-
rected by law. (See Constitution, Art.
4, Sec. 12.)
SUSPENSION OF THREE-DAY
RULE61. (a) A vote of two-thirds of 63. It shall require a vote of four-
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Sixty-First Legislature, Volume 1, legislative document, 1969; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145999/m1/72/?rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.