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1	1	81R8939 DKI-D
2	2	By: Geren H.C.R. No. 57
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5	5	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
6	6	WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature for each of the last 13
7	7	regular sessions has adopted a concurrent resolution authorizing
8	8	the creation and appointment of joint interim legislative study
9	9	committees by the lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of
10	10	representatives; and
11	11	WHEREAS, Renewal of the prior authorizations to the presiding
12	12	officers enables the legislature to address and study issues that
13	13	remain unresolved on sine die adjournment or that emerge subsequent
14	14	to that time; and
15	15	WHEREAS, It is also desirable to adopt by resolution various
16	16	rules and policies regarding the operation of joint committees to
17	17	supplement, and reconcile differences between, the senate and house
18	18	rules of procedure; now, therefore, be it
19	19	RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
20	20	hereby authorize the lieutenant governor and speaker of the house
21	21	of representatives to create by mutual agreement such joint
22	22	committees as they consider necessary during the term of this
23	23	legislature; and, be it further
24	24	RESOLVED, That each joint committee created pursuant to this
25	25	resolution be composed of such combination of legislators, state
26	26	officials, or citizen members as shall be determined mutually by
27	27	the presiding officers of each house; and, be it further
28	28	RESOLVED, That on the request of the presiding officers, the
29	29	governor may appoint members to a joint committee created pursuant
30	30	to this resolution; and, be it further
31	31	RESOLVED, That the presiding officers issue for each
32	32	committee so created a joint proclamation identifying the issue or
33	33	issues to be studied and listing the committee membership or
34	34	describing the committee composition and that the proclamation be
35	35	filed with the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the
36	36	house of representatives; and, be it further
37	37	RESOLVED, That the presiding officers designate jointly a
38	38	chair, or designate alternatively two co-chairs, from among the
39	39	committee membership; and, be it further
40	40	RESOLVED, That the chair or co-chairs, acting jointly and
41	41	within four weeks of the proclamation, prepare and present to the
42	42	presiding officers a proposal for budget and staffing; and, be it
43	43	further
44	44	RESOLVED, That the chair or co-chairs be directed to use to
45	45	the greatest extent possible the existing staff and administrative
46	46	resources of committee members, standing committees, officers of
47	47	the senate and house, and legislative service agencies; and, be it
48	48	further
49	49	RESOLVED, That the presiding officers jointly review each
50	50	budget and staffing proposal, adopt budgetary and staffing
51	51	allocations, and determine the manner in which each joint committee
52	52	is to be funded; and, be it further
53	53	RESOLVED, That the joint committee chair, or the co-chairs
54	54	acting by mutual agreement, have authority to create and appoint
55	55	subcommittees or affiliated advisory panels and to designate
56	56	respective chairs for each, contingent on the advance approval of
57	57	the presiding officers for the creation and appointment of
58	58	subcommittees or advisory panels containing membership external to
59	59	the committee; and, be it further
60	60	RESOLVED, That each joint committee, and its subcommittees
61	61	and advisory panels, convene at the call of its chair or co-chairs;
62	62	provided that no joint committee, nor its subcommittees or advisory
63	63	panels, shall convene in a public hearing or other meeting for the
64	64	transaction of business unless public notice has been posted by its
65	65	chair or co-chairs at the locations specified by the senate and
66	66	house rules of procedure for posting of notice of standing
67	67	committee meetings at least five calendar days in advance of the
68	68	hearing or meeting; and, be it further
69	69	RESOLVED, That the preceding clause be construed, for
70	70	purposes of Section 551.046, Government Code, as a joint rule of the
71	71	senate and house of representatives controlling the posting of
72	72	notice for joint committees, and their subcommittees and advisory
73	73	panels, in lieu of required posting with the secretary of state;
74	74	and, be it further
75	75	RESOLVED, That each joint committee have authority to issue
76	76	process as provided in Sections 301.024-301.027, Government Code,
77	77	provided that any motion for the issuance of process must receive
78	78	the record vote of at least two-thirds of those present and voting,
79	79	a quorum being present; and, be it further
80	80	RESOLVED, That each joint committee be entitled to accept
81	81	grants and donations as provided by Subsections (b) and (c),
82	82	Section 301.032, Government Code, and that, on expiration of a
83	83	joint committee, any unexpended funds remaining from a grant or
84	84	donation be transferred in equal proportions to the accounts of the
85	85	senate and house of representatives unless otherwise provided by
86	86	the grantor or donor; and, be it further
87	87	RESOLVED, That each joint committee, except as modified by or
88	88	pursuant to this resolution, have all other powers and duties
89	89	provided to special committees by Subchapter B, Chapter 301,
90	90	Government Code, and the senate and house rules of procedure; and,
91	91	be it further
92	92	RESOLVED, That the operating accounts for each joint
93	93	committee created pursuant to this resolution and any grants and
94	94	donations that such committee may receive be administered by the
95	95	Administration Division of the Texas Legislative Council; and, be
96	96	it further
97	97	RESOLVED, That the Texas Legislative Council Administration
98	98	Division prepare, under the guidance of the presiding officers, a
99	99	manual of procedures for joint committees and other entities
100	100	created by the legislature for which funds are to be administered by
101	101	the Texas Legislative Council establishing requirements as to
102	102	printing needs, accounting procedures, ultimate disposition of
103	103	records, and other administrative and financial matters; and, be it
104	104	further
105	105	RESOLVED, That citizen members appointed by the lieutenant
106	106	governor or speaker of the house of representatives to joint
107	107	committees created pursuant to this resolution be reimbursed from
108	108	funds appropriated to the Texas Legislative Council for expenses of
109	109	transportation, meals, lodging, and incidentals for travel on
110	110	official committee business, at rates established by the joint
111	111	chairs of the Texas Legislative Council consistent with provisions
112	112	of the General Appropriations Act; and, be it further
113	113	RESOLVED, That citizen members appointed by the governor to
114	114	joint committees created pursuant to this resolution be reimbursed
115	115	from funds appropriated to the office of the governor for expenses
116	116	of travel on official committee business, at rates established by
117	117	the joint chairs of the Texas Legislative Council consistent with
118	118	provisions of the General Appropriations Act; and, be it further
119	119	RESOLVED, That citizen members appointed by the lieutenant
120	120	governor to senate select committees and citizen members appointed
121	121	by the speaker of the house of representatives to house committees
122	122	expanded or created under House Rule 4, Sections 24, 57, and 58,
123	123	when engaged in travel on official committee business, be
124	124	reimbursed for (1) transportation expenses at the same rates as
125	125	authorized for state employees by the General Appropriations Act,
126	126	and (2) actual expenses for meals, lodging, and incidentals,
127	127	subject to any maximum reimbursement limitations for meals and
128	128	lodging set by the Senate Administration Committee for senate
129	129	select committees and by the Committee on House Administration for
130	130	house select committees; and, be it further
131	131	RESOLVED, That the Texas Legislative Council be authorized to
132	132	reimburse the senate and house of representatives for expenses
133	133	incurred by members of the senate and house for transportation,
134	134	meals, lodging, and incidentals for travel on official business of
135	135	joint committees created pursuant to this resolution; and, be it
136	136	further
137	137	RESOLVED, That the final report of each joint committee be
138	138	approved by a majority of the voting membership of the committee;
139	139	dissenting voting members may attach statements to the final report
140	140	subject to any limitations specified in the rules adopted by the
141	141	committee; and, be it further
142	142	RESOLVED, That each joint committee created pursuant to this
143	143	resolution expire on January 11, 2011, or an earlier date specified
144	144	in the proclamation creating the committee.