Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 67
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(8) the following state agencies: the Office of Multistate Tax Compact
Commissioner for Texas and the State Comptroller of Public Accounts.
RULE 4. ORGANIZATION, POWERS, AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES
CHAPTER A. ORGANIZATION
Sec. 1. COMMITTEES, MEMBERSHIP, AND JURISDICTION. Standing
committees of the house, and the number of members and general jurisdiction of
each, shall be as enumerated in Rule 3.
Sec. 2. DETERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP. (a) Membership on the
standing committees shall be determined at the beginning of each regular session
in the following manner:
(1) For each standing substantive committee, except the Committee on
Appropriations, a maximum of one-half of the membership, exclusive of the
chair and vice-chair, shall be determined by seniority. The remaining membership
of the committee shall be appointed by the speaker.
(2) Each member of the house, in order of seniority, may designate
three committees on which he or she desires to serve, listed in order of
preference. The member is entitled to become a member of the committee of his
or her highest preference on which there remains a vacant seniority position. A
member who desires to be designated the chair for budget and oversight of a
substantive committee may indicate that preference, but seniority does not entitle
the member to that designation.
(3) If members of equal seniority request the same committee, the
speaker shall appoint the member from among those requesting that committee.
Seniority, as the term is used in this subsection, shall mean years of cumulative
service as a member of the house of representatives.
(4) After each member of the house has selected one committee on the
basis of seniority, the remaining membership on each standing committee shall be
filled by appointment of the speaker, subject to the limitations imposed in this
chapter.
(5) Seniority shall not apply to a procedural committee. For purposes of
these rules, the procedural committees are the Committee on Calendars, the
Committee on Local and Consent Calendars, the Committee on Rules and
Resolutions, the General Investigating and Ethics Committee, the Committee on
House Administration, and the Committee on Redistricting. The entire
membership of these committees shall be appointed by the speaker.
(6) Seniority shall not apply to the Committee on Appropriations,
which shall be composed of:
(A) a chair and vice-chair appointed by the speaker; and
(B) the chair for budget and oversight from each of the 27
committees for which there is a chair for budget and oversight.
(7) In announcing the membership of committees, the speaker shall
designate those appointed by the speaker and those acquiring membership by
seniority.Thursday, January 13, 2005 HOUSE JOURNAL
3rd Day 67
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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/m1/71/?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.