By: Eltife S.R. No. 36
SENATE RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, That
the Rules of the Senate of the 81st Legislature are adopted as the
Permanent Rules of the Senate of the 82nd Legislature with the
following modifications:
1. Amend Rule 7.07 to read as follows:
LIMITATIONS ON INTRODUCTION
Rule 7.07. (a) A bill filed for introduction [may be
introduced at any time] during the first 60 calendar days of the
regular session [and] may be thereafter referred to the proper
committee and disposed of under the rules of the Senate.
(b) Except as provided in Subsection (a) and in Rule
7.08, no bill shall be introduced after the first 60 calendar
days of the session. This provision may only be suspended by an
affirmative vote of four-fifths of the members of the Senate.
(c) It shall not be in order to introduce a local bill as
defined by Rule 9.01 unless notice of publication, as provided by
law, is attached.
2. Amend Rule 11.02 to read as follows:
LIST OF STANDING COMMITTEES
Rule 11.02. At the beginning of each regular session, the
President shall appoint the following standing committees with
the number of members indicated:
STANDING COMMITTEES
(1) Committee on Administration (7 members)
(2) Committee on Agriculture and Rural Affairs (5
members)
(3) Committee on Business and Commerce (9 members)
(4) [(3)] Committee on Criminal Justice (7 members)
(5) Committee on Economic Development (7 members)
(6) [(4)] Committee on Education (9 members)
(7) [(5)] Committee on Finance (15 members)
(8) [(6)] Committee on Government Organization (7
members)
(9) [(7)] Committee on Health and Human Services (9
members)
(10) Committee on Higher Education (7 members)
(11) [(8)] Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
(5 members)
(12) [(9)] Committee on International Relations and
Trade (7 members)
(13) [(10)] Committee on Jurisprudence (7 members)
(14) [(11)] Committee on Natural Resources (11
members)
(15) [(12)] Committee on Nominations (7 members)
(16) [(13)] Committee on State Affairs (9 members)
(17) [(14)] Committee on Transportation and Homeland
Security (9 members)
(18) [(15)] Committee on Veteran Affairs and
Military Installations (5 members)
3. Amend Rule 12.08 to read as follows:
SUSPENSION OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE RULES
Rule 12.08. (a) Limitations imposed on certain
conference committees by the provisions of Rules 12.03, 12.04,
12.05, 12.06, and 12.07 may be suspended, in part, by permission
of the Senate to enable consideration of and action on a specific
matter or matters which otherwise would be in violation thereof.
Such permission shall be granted only by resolution passed by
majority vote of the Senate, with yeas and nays thereon to be
recorded in the journal of the Senate. Such resolution shall
specify in detail: (1) the exact nature of the matter or matters
proposed to be considered; (2) the specific limitation or
limitations to be suspended thereby; (3) the specific action
contemplated by the conference committee thereon; and (4) except
for a resolution suspending the limitations on the conferees for
the general appropriations bill, the reasons why suspension of
such limitations is being requested. In the application of this
rule to appropriations bills, the resolution need not include
changes in amounts resulting from a proposed salary plan or
changes in format that do not affect the amount of an
appropriation or the method of finance of an appropriation, but
shall include a general statement describing the salary plan or
format change. The resolution need not include differences in
language which do not affect the substance of the bill.
Permission thus granted shall suspend such limitations only for
the matter or matters clearly specified in the resolution, and
action of the conference committee shall be in conformity
therewith.
(b) A copy of a resolution suspending the limitations on
the conferees for the general appropriations bill must be
furnished to each member at least 48 hours before any action
thereon, if convened in regular session, and 24 hours before any
action thereon, if convened in called session.
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on January 19, 2011,
by the following vote: Yeas 18,
Nays 11.
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Secretary of the Senate