Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 97
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be placed in the newspaper mailbox of each member at least 36 hours if convened
in regular session and 24 hours if convened in special session before the calendar
may be considered by the house. Deviations from the calendars as printed and
distributed shall not be permitted except that the Committee on Calendars shall be
authorized to print and distribute, not later than two hours before the house
convenes, a supplemental daily house calendar, on which shall appear:
(1) bills or resolutions which were passed to third reading on the
previous legislative day;
(2) bills or resolutions which appeared on the Daily House Calendar for
a previous calendar day which were not reached for floor consideration;
(3) postponed business from a previous calendar day; and
(4) notice to take from the table a bill or resolution which was laid on
the table subject to call on a previous legislative day.
In addition to the items listed above, the bills and resolutions from a daily
house calendar that will be eligible for consideration may be incorporated, in their
proper order as determined by these rules, into the supplemental daily house
calendar.
(b) In addition, when the volume of legislation shall warrant, and upon
request of the speaker, the chief clerk shall have printed and distributed to the
members, a list of Items Eligible for Consideration, on which shall appear only:
(1) house bills with senate amendments that are eligible for
consideration under Rule 13, Section 5;
(2) senate bills for which the senate has requested appointment of a
conference committee; and
(3) conference committee reports that are eligible for consideration
under Rule 13, Section 10.
(c) A copy of the list of Items Eligible for Consideration must be placed in
the newspaper mailbox of each member at least six hours before the list may be
considered by the house.
(d) The time at which the copies of a calendar or list are placed in the
newspaper mailboxes of the members shall be time-stamped on the originals of
the calendar or list.
(e) No house calendar shall be eligible for consideration if it is determined
that the rules of the house were not complied with by the Committee on
Calendars in preparing that calendar.
(f) If the Committee on Calendars has proposed a rule for floor
consideration of a bill or resolution that is eligible to be placed on a calendar of
the daily house calendar, the rule must be printed and a copy distributed to each
member. If the bill or resolution to which the rule will apply has already been
placed on a calendar of the daily house calendar, a copy of the rule must be
attached to the printed calendar on which the bill or resolution appears. The
speaker shall lay a proposed rule before the house prior to the consideration of the
bill or resolution to which the rule will apply. The rule may be laid before the
house anytime after a copy of the rule has been distributed to each member in
accordance with this subsection. The rule shall not be subject to amendment, but
to be effective, the rule must be approved by the house by an affirmative vote of aThursday, January 13, 2005 HOUSE JOURNAL
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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/m1/101/?q=%222005-01-11%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.