By: Ogden S.C.R. No. 3
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the 82nd Legislature, That a joint
committee, composed of six members of the senate appointed by the
lieutenant governor and six members of the house of representatives
appointed by the speaker of the house, arrange for the canvass of
the votes cast for governor and lieutenant governor at the general
election held on November 2, 2010, and that a joint session of the
senate and house be held in the hall of the house of representatives
at 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, January 13, 2011, for the purpose of
counting the votes, receiving the report, and hearing the
declaration of the results of the canvass; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the senate and house of representatives sit in
joint session at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 18, 2011, for the
inauguration of the governor-elect and lieutenant governor-elect
of Texas as determined by the canvass of the votes; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That a joint committee, composed of five members of
the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor and five members of
the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house,
make arrangements for the joint session and oath-taking ceremony on
January 18, 2011; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Department of Public Safety of the State
of Texas be, and is hereby, instructed to close all vehicle
entrances to the Capitol grounds on Tuesday, January 18, 2011,
except for those vehicles approved by the inaugural committee as
necessary for use in connection with the ceremony and the program
following.
Providing for procedures for the canvass of votes for the governor
and lieutenant governor and the inauguration of the governor and
lieutenant governor.