82R5078 ACP-D
By: Lewis H.B. No. 751
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the attendance by a quorum of a legislative standing
committee at a caucus meeting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 301.015, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
(c) The attendance at a legislative caucus meeting by
members of a standing committee who constitute a quorum of the
committee is not considered a meeting of the standing committee
under other law or under the rules of procedure for the house
creating the standing committee.
(d) In this section, "legislative caucus" means an
organization that is composed exclusively of members of the
legislature, that elects or appoints officers and recognizes
identified legislators as members of the organization, and that
exists for research and other support of policy development and
interests that the membership hold in common. An organization
whose only nonlegislator members are the lieutenant governor or the
governor remains a "legislative caucus" for purposes of this
section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.