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for the giving of such notice; other-
wise, such notice may be given in
writing to the Calendar Clerk within
twenty-four hours after the recess or
adjournment of the committee.
Section 28. The report of a minority
of a committee shall be made in the
same general form as a majority re-
port. If the majority report on a bill
is unfavorable, and a favorable mi-
nority report is not signed in accord-
ance with Section 27 of this rule and
filed with the Calendar Clerk within
two calendar days, exclusive of Sun-
day and the date of committee ac-
tion, the Calendar Clerk shall file
the bill away as dead; but during the
last fifteen calendar days of a Regu-
lar Session, or the last seven calendar
days of a Special Session, the Calen-
dar Clerk shall hold a bill only one
calendar day, exclusive of Sunday and
the date of committee action, awaiting
the filing of a minority report before
he files the bill away as dead. If the
favorable minority report is properly
signed and filed, the Calendar Clerk
shall hold the bill for five legislative
days, exclusive of the legislative day
in which the minority report was filed,
awaiting adoption by the House of a
motion to print the bill on minority
report. If such motion to print is
carried, the bill shall be printed as
if it had been reported favorably,
and shall immediately be referred to
the Committee on Rules for assign-
ment to a calendar and for determi-
nation of an appropriate rule for
House consideration. If a motion to
print a bill on minority report is not
made within the five legislative days
authorized above, the Calendar Clerk
shall file the bill away as dead. It
shall not be in order to move to re-
commit a bill adversely reported with
no minority report, except as pro-
vided in Section 29 of this rule. A
two-thirds vote of the House shall be
required to print on minority report
a joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of
Texas.
Section 29. No adverse report shall
be made on any bill or resolution by
any committee without first giving the
author or sponsor of such bill an op-
portunity to be heard. If it becomes
evident to the House that a bill has
been reported adversely without the
author or sponsor having had an op-
portunity to be heard as provided in

this Rule, the House may, by a ma-
jority vote, order the bill recommitted
even though no minority report was
filed in the manner prescribed by
these Rules. This Ru e shall have
precedence over Section 12 of Rule
XIX which provides that when a bill
ha s been reported adversely it shall
not be in order to recommit it ex-
cept by a two-thirds vote.
Section 30. When simple or concur-
rent resolutions have been referred to
committee, reports thereon shall be
filed with the Calendar Clerk. If the
report is favorable, the resolution and
report shall be sent to the Speaker.
If the report is unfavorable but with
a favorable minority report, the reso-
lution and report shall be sent to the
Speaker and placed before the House
in proper order only if the House, by
a majority vote, orders it considered
on minority report.
Section 31. If a local bill is re-
ported adversely, it shall be subject to
the same rules as govern other bills
reported adversely.
Section 32. Chairmen of standing
committees shall be responsible for
return of the originals of all bills,
resolutions, or other documents to the
Calendar Clerk, accompanied by the
report of the committee. for refer-
ral by the Calendar Clerk to the
Committee on Rules for assignment
to a calendar and for determination
of an appropriate rule for House
consideration.
Section 33. No action by the House
is necessary on the report of a stand-
ing committee, but the bill, resolution,
or proposition recommended or re-
ported by the committee shall auto-
matically be before the House for its
consideration, after such bill or reso-
lution has been referred to the Com-
mittee on Rules for assignment to a
calendar and for determination of an
appropriate rule for House consider-
ation. Each standing committee shall
have broad power to amend, change,
delete, or add to, the nature, pur-
pose or content of any bill or resolu-
tion referred to it, to the end that
the ultimate legislative product re-
ported by the committee shall repre-
sent the collective thinking of the
committee as to the most desirable
proposition as to the matter under
consideration, within the limitations
prescribed by Section 30 of Article 3

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