Rules and Precedents of the Texas House

One of 328 items in the title: Journal of the House of Representatives, Texas Legislature available on this site.

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This volume is a procedural manual outlining the rules and precedents for the Texas House of Representatives. According to the table of contents, the rules include the duties and rights of the speaker, employee duties, standing committees, organization, powers, and duties of committees, floor procedure, order of business and calendars, motions, bills, joint resolutions, house resolutions and concurrent resolutions, amendments, printing, interactions with the governor and senate, and general provisions. Index starts on page A-1.

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196, A20 p. ; 23 cm.

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Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council. January 2005.

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This volume is a procedural manual outlining the rules and precedents for the Texas House of Representatives. According to the table of contents, the rules include the duties and rights of the speaker, employee duties, standing committees, organization, powers, and duties of committees, floor procedure, order of business and calendars, motions, bills, joint resolutions, house resolutions and concurrent resolutions, amendments, printing, interactions with the governor and senate, and general provisions. Index starts on page A-1.

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196, A20 p. ; 23 cm.

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Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council. Rules and Precedents of the Texas House, book, January 2005; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth307709/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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