Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Second Called Session, Friday, July 19, 2013 Page: 57

                                
(d) The chairman of the administration committee is authorized to retain a
sufficient number of staff employees to conclude the work of the enrolling clerk,
calendar clerk, journal clerk, and sergeant-at-anrs. The administration committee
shall establish the salaries for the senate staff
SECTION 3. SENATE OFFICERS. (a) The following elected officers of the
83rd Legislature shall serve for the interval between adjournment of this session and
the convening of the next session of the legislature:
(1) Secretary of the Senate.Patsy Spaw;
(2) Calendar Clerk.Linda Tubbs;
(3) Doorkeeper-Austin Osborn;
(4) Enrolling Clerk-Patience Worrel;
(5) Journal Clerk-Polly Emerson; and
(6) Sergeant-at-Arms.Rick DeLeon.
(b) All employees and elected officers of the senate shall operate under the
direct supervision of the secretary of the senate during the interim.
(c) Officers named in this section serve at the will of the senate.
SECTION 4. DUTIES OF CHAIRMAN OF ADMINISTRATION
COMMITTEE. (a) The chairman of the administration committee shall place the
senate chamber in order and purchase supplies and make all necessary repairs and
improvements between the adjournment of this session and the convening of the next
session of the legislature.
(b) The chairman shall make an inventory of all furniture and fixtures in the
senate chamber and in the private offices of the members, as well as of the supplies
and equipment on hand in the purchasing and supply department and shall close the
books for the Regular Session of the 83rd Legislature.
(c) The chairman shall not acquire any equipment on a rental/purchase plan
unless the equipment is placed on the senate inventory at the termination of the plan.
(d) The chairman shall examine records and accounts payable out of the
contingent expense fund as necessary to approve all claims and accounts against the
senate, and no claim or account shall be paid without the consent and approval of the
chairman.
(e) The chairman and any member of the administration committee shall be
entitled to receive actual and necessary expenses incurred during the interim.
(f) In addition to the duties of the administration committee expressly imposed
by this resolution, the committee shall take actions necessary to ensure that the
administrative operations of the senate comply with applicable law and are conducted
effectively and efficiently.
(g) The chairman shall appoint a working group of the senate to study the
Permanent Rules of the Senate of the 83rd Legislature and to make recommendations
for changes to the rules to the Senate of the 84th Legislature. The Parliamentarian,
Karina Davis, and the Secretary of the Senate, Patsy Spaw, shall staff the working
group and provide confidential and neutral advice to the chairman and members of the
working group. The working group shall study issues related to the proper
functioning of the senate, including senate decorum, admission to the floor and
gallery, consideration of ceremonial resolutions, filibusters, public hearings, executive
sessions, and all other senate rules.

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