HR320 - Suspending the constitutional order of business.

  89R2087 MAW-D     By: Tinderholt H.R. No. 320       R E S O L U T I O N          WHEREAS, Section 5(b), Article III, Texas Constitution,   reads:          "(b) When convened in regular Session, the first thirty days   thereof shall be devoted to the introduction of bills and   resolutions, acting upon emergency appropriations, passing upon   the confirmation of the recess appointees of the Governor and such   emergency matters as may be submitted by the Governor in special   messages to the Legislature. During the succeeding thirty days of   the regular session of the Legislature the various committees of   each House shall hold hearings to consider all bills and   resolutions and other matters then pending; and such emergency   matters as may be submitted by the Governor. During the remainder   of the session the Legislature shall act upon such bills and   resolutions as may be then pending and upon such emergency matters   as may be submitted by the Governor in special messages to the   Legislature."; and          WHEREAS, It is specifically provided in Section 5(c), Article   III, Texas Constitution, that either house may otherwise determine   its order of business by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of its   membership; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of   Texas, 89th Legislature, by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of   its membership, That the order of the house's business for the   regular session is hereby determined to be otherwise than set forth   in Section 5(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, and declared to   be specifically as set forth in the permanent rules of the House of   Representatives of the State of Texas, 89th Legislature.