Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1		By: Bonnen of Galveston H.C.R. No. 135
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4	4		HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
5	5		BE IT RESOLVED by the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas,
6	6		That the following Joint Rule is adopted and becomes effective
7	7		immediately upon adoption by the house last adopting this
8	8		resolution:
9	9		JOINT RULE 1
10		-	SECTION 1. ENROLLING BILLS. (a) Beginning in the 87th
11		-	Regular Legislative Session, after a bill has finally passed both
12		-	houses of the legislature, the clerk of the house or secretary of
13		-	the senate will enroll the bill and shall assign a Texas Legislative
14		-	Act number utilizing existing enrollment technology shared by both
15		-	chambers.
16		-	(b) Each enrolled bill shall include all proper
17		-	endorsements as a Texas Legislative Act and:
	10	+	Section 1. ENROLLING BILLS. (a) After a bill has finally
	11	+	passed both houses of the legislature, the officer of the house or
	12	+	senate who is responsible for enrolling the bill shall notify the
	13	+	director of the Legislative Reference Library of the final passage
	14	+	of the bill.
	15	+	(b) In the order of receiving notice of the final passage of
	16	+	the bill from the officer responsible for enrolling the bill, the
	17	+	director shall assign the bill a Texas Legislative Act number and
	18	+	shall promptly notify the responsible officer of the Texas
	19	+	Legislative Act number assigned to the bill.
	20	+	(c) The responsible officer shall then enroll the bill,
	21	+	including all proper endorsements, as a Texas Legislative Act and:
18	22		(1) shall include the Texas Legislative Act number on
19	23		the face of the enrolled bill; and
20	24		(2) shall not include the originating house's bill
21	25		number on the face of the bill.
22		-	(c) Subsection (b) does not prohibit the responsible
	26	+	(d) Subsection (c) does not prohibit the responsible
23	27		officer from including the originating house's bill number in the
24	28		certification of the bill's passage.
25		-	(d) Once a Texas Legislative Act number has been assigned,
26		-	all future references to the enrolled bill in the journals of each
27		-	house and in messages to the other house and the governor shall use
28		-	only the Texas Legislative Act number.
29		-	(e) The Texas Legislative Act number shall be published and
30		-	maintained in the electronic legislative information system for
31		-	each enrolled bill enacted for each session and index
32		-	those numbers
33		-	by bill number and, when assigned by the secretary of state, the
34		-	session law chapter number for each Texas Act.
	29	+	(e) Once a Texas Legislative Act number has been assigned by
	30	+	the director, all future references to the enrolled bill in the
	31	+	journals of each house and in messages to the other house and the
	32	+	governor shall use only the Texas Legislative Act number.
	33	+	(f) The director shall publish and maintain in the
	34	+	electronic legislative information system the Texas Legislative
	35	+	Act number for each enrolled bill enacted for each session and index
	36	+	those numbers by bill number and, when assigned by the secretary of
	37	+	state, the session law chapter number for each Texas Act.