| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 70 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of |
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| 6 | 6 | | Texas, That, in accordance with Sections 9(b) and 11, Article III, |
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| 7 | 7 | | Texas Constitution, the House of Representatives of the 81st |
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| 8 | 8 | | Legislature shall receive nominations to elect a speaker of the |
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| 9 | 9 | | house from its own membership as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. NOMINATIONS. (a) The secretary of state shall |
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| 11 | 11 | | call for nominations from the floor for the election of speaker of |
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| 12 | 12 | | the house of representatives and shall recognize every member who |
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| 13 | 13 | | desires to make a nomination. The order in which members desiring |
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| 14 | 14 | | to make a nomination shall proceed shall be determined by lot. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) Each member recognized for this purpose shall |
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| 16 | 16 | | immediately advance to the front microphone and make the nomination |
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| 17 | 17 | | in a nominating speech not to exceed five minutes in length. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (c) After all nominations have been made, the secretary of |
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| 19 | 19 | | state shall declare nominations to be closed. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (d) The secretary of state shall recognize at any time a |
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| 21 | 21 | | member whose name has been placed in nomination for the purpose of |
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| 22 | 22 | | withdrawing as a nominee. A member who withdraws is not considered |
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| 23 | 23 | | a nominee. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. SECONDS. (a) A person is not considered a |
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| 25 | 25 | | nominee unless the nomination is seconded by at least one member. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) One seconding speech shall be allowed for each |
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| 27 | 27 | | nomination in the order in which nominations were made, then other |
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| 28 | 28 | | seconding speeches shall be allowed in rotation in the same order. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (c) No more than five seconding speeches shall be allowed |
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| 30 | 30 | | for each nominee. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (d) A seconding speech may not exceed three minutes in |
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| 32 | 32 | | length. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. MOTION TO ELECT BY ACCLAMATION. If after the |
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| 34 | 34 | | close of all seconding speeches only one member's name remains in |
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| 35 | 35 | | nomination for election to speaker of the house of representatives, |
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| 36 | 36 | | the secretary of state shall recognize a motion to elect that member |
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| 37 | 37 | | as speaker by acclamation. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 4. OATH. If a speaker is elected by acclamation, |
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| 39 | 39 | | the secretary of state shall direct the administration of the oath |
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| 40 | 40 | | of office to the speaker-elect. The speaker shall take the chair |
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| 41 | 41 | | immediately after taking the oath of office. |
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| 42 | 42 | | Geren |
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| 43 | 43 | | Eiland |
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| 44 | 44 | | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 46 | 46 | | I certify that H.R. No. 70 was adopted by the House on January |
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| 47 | 47 | | 13, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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