Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 69
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(2) appoint all subcommittees and determine the number of members to
serve on each subcommittee;
(3) in consultation with members of the committee, schedule the work
of the committee and determine the order in which the committee shall consider
and act on bills, resolutions, and other matters referred to the committee;
(4) have authority to employ and discharge the staff and employees
authorized for the committee and have supervision and control over all the staff
and employees;
(5) direct the preparation of all committee reports. No committee report
shall be official until signed by the chair of the committee, or by the person acting
as chair, or by a majority of the membership of the committee;
(6) determine the necessity for public hearings, schedule hearings, and
be responsible for directing the posting of notice of hearings as required by the
rules;
(7) preside at all meetings of the committee and control its deliberations
and activities in accordance with acceptable parliamentary procedure; and
(8) have authority to direct the sergeant-at-arms to assist, where
necessary, in enforcing the will of the committee.
Sec. 7. BILL ANALYSES. Except for the general appropriations bill, for
each bill or joint resolution referred to the committee, the staff of the committee
shall be responsible for distributing a copy of a bill analysis to each member of
the committee at the earliest possible opportunity but not later than the first time
the measure is laid out in a committee meeting.
CHAPTER B. PROCEDURE
Sec. 8. MEETINGS. (a) As soon as practicable after standing committees
are constituted and organized, the committee coordinator, under the direction of
the Committee on House Administration, shall prepare a schedule for regular
meetings of all standing committees. This schedule shall be published in the
house journal and posted in a convenient and conspicuous place near the entrance
to the house and on other posting boards for committee meeting notices, as
determined necessary by the Committee on House Administration. To the extent
practicable during each regular session, standing committees shall conduct
regular committee meetings in accordance with the schedule of meetings
prepared by the committee coordinator under the supervision of the Committee
on House Administration.
(b) Standing committees shall meet at other times as may be determined by
the committee, or as may be called by the chair. Subcommittees of standing
committees shall likewise meet at other times as may be determined by the
committee, or as may be called by the chair of the committee or subcommittee.
(c) Committees shall also meet in such places and at such times as the
speaker may designate.
Sec. 9. MEETING WHILE HOUSE IN SESSION. No standing committee
or subcommittee shall meet during the time the house is in session without
permission being given by a majority vote of the house. No standing committee
or subcommittee shall conduct its meeting on the floor of the house or in theThursday, 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/m1/73/?q=%222005-01-11%22&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.