Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Sixty-Ninth Legislature, Volume 1 Page: 6
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6 SENATE JOURNAL-REGULAR SESSION
and telegraph messages and express charges as may be actually necessary in the
discharge of their official duties, said expenses to be paid out of the contingent fund.
It is further recommended that not to exceed 2,000 Journals be printed, all of
which shall be prorated among the Senators and Lieutenant Governor, except that
175 Journals shall be furnished the members of the House.
It is further recommended that the Legislative Reference Library be furnished
60 copies of the daily Journal.
It is further recommended that all salaries and expenses herein authorized to
be incurred and paid for shall be paid out of the per diem and contingent expense
fund of the 69th Legislature as follows: the Senate shall request the State
Comptroller of Public Accounts to issue general revenue warrants for the payment
of the employees of the Lieutenant Governor's office, the Lieutenant Governor,
members of the Senate, employees of the Senate committees, and employees of the
Senate, except as provided in Section 20 of the Legislative Reorganization Act
(Article 5429f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), upon presentation of the payroll
account signed by the Chairman of the Administration Committee and the
Secretary of the Senate; and for the payment of materials, supplies and expenses of
the Senate, including travel expenses for members and employees, upon vouchers
signed by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Administration and the
Secretary of the Senate.
It is further recommended that no employee of the Senate shall, during the time
he or she is employed, furnish to any person, firm or corporation any information
other than general information furnished the public pertaining to the Senate, and
they shall not without permission receive any compensation from any person, firm
or corporation during their employment by the Senate, and any employee found
guilty of violating this provision shall be immediately discharged.
All employees, except those responsible directly to the Lieutenant Governor,
members of the Senate, Secretary of the Senate, committee, or to the head of a
department, shall report for duty at 8 a.m., and 1 p.m. each day to the
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, except part-time employees, who shall report at the
place and time directed by the Sergeant-at-Arms, and none of such employees shall
be paid for the days they are absent from the Senate, unless excused by the
Sergeant-at-Arms.
It is further recommended that the chairman of each standing committee shall
have authority to employ such additional employees of his own selection as may
be needed by said committee, said employees to receive the same compensation
paid similar positions as herein fixed, and to discharge the duties of said standing
committee, subject to the approval of the Administration Committee.
It is further recommended that no employee of the Senate, except those whose
official duties require them to work upon the floor of the Senate, shall have access
to the floor unless that employee shall have been requested by a Senator, the
Lieutenant Governor, or the Secretary of the Senate to come on the floor for some
official duty, after the performance of which he shall immediately leave the floor of
the Senate. The Sergeant-at-Arms is specifically ordered to see that this provision
is carried out.
Only those who have privileges of the floor during the session of the Senate shall
be permitted on the Senate floor for a period of 30 minutes prior to the time the
Senate convenes. The Sergeant-at-Arms is instructed to enforce this rule and to
permit only those having the privileges of the floor to enter or remain on the Senate
floor during such 30-minute period.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/Chet Brooks
Chairman of the Caucus
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Sixty-Ninth Legislature, Volume 1, legislative document, 1985; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth204528/m1/12/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.