HCR106 - Adopting a Joint Rule of the Senate and House of Representatives assigning to each bill passed by the legislature a legislative act number.

  89R13965 BEF-F     By: Bonnen H.C.R. No. 106       CONCURRENT RESOLUTION          BE IT RESOLVED by the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas,   That the following Joint Rule is adopted and becomes effective   immediately upon adoption by the house last adopting this   resolution:   JOINT RULE 1          SECTION 1.  ENROLLING BILLS. (a) Beginning in the 90th   Regular Legislative Session, after a bill has finally passed both   houses of the legislature, the clerk of the house or secretary of   the senate will enroll the bill and shall assign a Texas Legislative   Act number utilizing existing enrollment technology shared by both   chambers.          (b)  Each enrolled bill shall include all proper   endorsements as a Texas Legislative Act and:                (1)  shall include the Texas Legislative Act number on   the face of the enrolled bill; and                (2)  shall not include the originating house's bill   number on the face of the bill.          (c)  Subsection (b) of this section does not prohibit the   responsible officer from including the originating house's bill   number in the certification of the bill's passage.          (d)  Once a Texas Legislative Act number has been assigned,   all future references to the enrolled bill in the journals of each   house and in messages to the other house and the governor shall use   only the Texas Legislative Act number.          (e)  The Texas Legislative Act number shall be published and   maintained in the electronic legislative information system for   each enrolled bill enacted for each session and index those numbers   by bill number and, when assigned by the secretary of state, the   session law chapter number for each Texas Act.