Bill Text: TX HR18 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Amending the permanent rules of the House of Representatives to require recognition of a witness to testify on a matter before a committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-07-10 - Referred to Rules & Resolutions [HR18 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR18-Introduced.html
| 83S20237 TJB-F | ||
| By: Moody | H.R. No. 18 | |
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| BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 83rd | ||
| Texas Legislature, That Rule 4, Section 20, of the permanent rules | ||
| of the House of Representatives of the 83rd Legislature, be amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
| (h) The chair shall recognize a witness to address the | ||
| committee on a matter before the committee if the witness: | ||
| (1) is present at a hearing at which public testimony | ||
| is taken on the matter; and | ||
| (2) has filed the sworn statement with the chair | ||
| before the time that public testimony on the matter has concluded | ||
| indicating that the witness would like to address the committee on | ||
| the matter. | ||
