Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 32
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70th LEGISLATURE - REGULAR SESSION
(b) No member shall speak more than once on an appeal unless given leave
by a majority of the house. No motion shall be in order, pending an appeal, except
a motion to adjourn, a motion to lay on the table, a motion for the previous
question, or a motion for a call of the house. Responses to parliamentary inquiries
and decisions of recognition made by the chair may not be appealed.
Sec. 10. APPOINTMENT OF SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE AND
TEMPORARY CHAIR. The speaker shall have the right to name any member to
perform the duties of the chair and may name a member to serve as speaker pro
tempore by delivering a written order to the chief clerk and a copy to the journal
clerk. A permanent speaker pro tempore shall, in the absence or inability of the
speaker, call the house to order and perform all other duties of the chair in presiding
over the deliberations of the house and perform other duties and exercise other
responsibilities as may be assigned by the speaker. If the house is not in session, and
a permanent speaker pro tempore has not been named, or if the speaker pro
tempore is not available or for any reason is not able to function, the speaker may
deliver a written order to the chief clerk, with a copy to the journal clerk, naming
the member who shall call the house to order and preside during the speaker's
absence. The speaker pro tempore shall serve at the pleasure of the speaker.
Sec. 11. EMERGENCY ADJOURNMENT. In the event of an emergency
of such compelling nature that the speaker must adjourn the house without fixing
a date and hour of reconvening, the speaker shall have authority to determine the
date and hour of reconvening and to notify the members of the house by any means
the speaker considers adequate. Should the speaker be disabled or otherwise unable
to exercise these emergency powers, the permanent speaker pro tempore, if one has
been named, shall have authority to act. If there is no permanent speaker pro
tempore, or if that officer is unable to act, authority shall be exercised by the chair
of the Committee on State Affairs, who shall preside until the house can proceed
to the selection of a temporary presiding officer to function until the speaker or the
speaker pro tempore is again able to exercise the duties and responsibilities of the
office.
Sec. 12. POSTPONEMENT OF RECONVENING. When the house is not
in session, if the speaker determines that it would be a hazard to the safety of the
members, officers, employees, and others attending the legislature to reconvene at
the time determined by the house at its last sitting, the speaker may clear the area
of the capitol under the control of the house and postpone the reconvening of the
house for a period of not more than 12 hours. On making that determination, the
speaker shall order the sergeant-at-arms to post an assistant at each first floor
entrance to the capitol and other places and advise all persons entering of the
determination and the time set for the house to reconvene. The speaker shall also
notify the journal clerk and the news media of the action, and the action shall be
entered in the house journal.
Sec. 13. SIGNING BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. All bills, joint
resolutions, and concurrent resolutions shall be signed by the speaker in the
presence of the house, as required by the constitution; and all writs, warrants, and
subpoenas issued by order of the house shall be signed by the speaker and attested
by the chief clerk, or the person acting as chief clerk.
CHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
Sec. 14. CONTROL OVER HALL OF THE HOUSE. The speaker shall
have general control, except as otherwise provided by law, of the hall of the house,
its lobbies, galleries, corridors, and passages, and other rooms in those parts of the
capitol assigned to the use of the house; except that the hall of the house shall not
be used for any meeting other than legislative meetings during any regular or special
session of the legislature unless specifically authorized by resolution.32
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 1987; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193908/m1/36/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.