Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 30
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79th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION
SECTION 3.05. HOUSE PROPERTY, SUPPLIES, ACCOUNTING. The
Committee on House Administration shall:
(1) provide and maintain for the use of the speaker, members,
employees, divisions, and committees of the house such stationery, stamps, office
equipment, furniture, fixtures, supplies, and telephone and other services as may
be necessary;
(2) keep an itemized account of the quantity and cost of every kind of
material received, and the source from which it was received;
(3) maintain an annual operating account for each member, division,
and committee authorized by the Committee on House Administration to make
expenditures and charge each operating account with daily expenditures,
withdrawals from inventory, and interdepartmental services;
(4) furnish a monthly statement for the expenditures of each member,
division, and committee of the house; and
(5) adopt any rules, regulations, and policies necessary to effectively
provide and account for the above-mentioned services.
SECTION 3.06. USE OF HOUSE CHAMBER AND FACILITIES;
ASSIGNMENT OF DESKS, OFFICES, AND PARKING SPACES. (a) The
Committee on House Administration shall:
(1) be in charge of and provide for the protection, maintenance, and use
of the hall of the house, all committee rooms, offices of members and house
departments, the speaker's office and apartment, and other space under the
jurisdiction of the house;
(2) make permanent assignments of desks and offices to members of
the house;
(3) adopt and enforce a plan for the parking of motor vehicles on the
portion of the Capitol grounds under house jurisdiction;
(4) be in charge of and provide for the protection, maintenance, and use
of the furniture, fixtures, equipment, and records of the house;
(5) purchase, remodel, repair, restore, or replace any furniture, fixtures,
equipment, and other furnishings to maintain the dignity and appearance of space
occupied by the house; and
(6) determine the hours the hall of the house shall be open to visitors.
(b) Any member who is not a member-elect of the 80th [~9t] Legislature
shall vacate his or her office space before December 1, 2006 [Janua ---295]. If
the office is not vacated on that date, the Committee on House Administration
shall immediately remove the member's personal effects and store them in an
appropriate place in order that the member-elect to whom the office space is
assigned may move in.
SECTION 3.07. RECORDS OF THE HOUSE; PRINTING; JOURNALS;
COPIES OF LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS. (a) The Committee on House
Administration shall:
(1) have completed and preserved the official records of the house;
(2) have charge of and approve the operation and maintenance of the
printing and duplicating facilities of the house, provided, however, that the use of
the house printing and duplicating facilities is restricted to agencies of the30
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 2005; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth97462/m1/34/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.