Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Legislature
Chapter 301 - Legislative Organization

Subchapter A. Initial Meeting and Organization

Section 301.001. Time and Place of Meeting - Sec. 301.001. TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING. The legislature shall...

Section 301.002. Who May Organize - Sec. 301.002. WHO MAY ORGANIZE. (a) The following individuals only...

Section 301.003. Presiding Officers - Sec. 301.003. PRESIDING OFFICERS. (a) The secretary of state shall...

Section 301.004. Temporary Officers; Duties - Sec. 301.004. TEMPORARY OFFICERS; DUTIES. (a) If the secretary of...

Section 301.005. Lack of Quorum - Sec. 301.005. LACK OF QUORUM. If a quorum is not...

Section 301.006. Selection of Officers - Sec. 301.006. SELECTION OF OFFICERS. (a) Immediately after election of...

Subchapter B. Committees and Committee Procedure

Section 301.011. Short Title - Sec. 301.011. SHORT TITLE. This subchapter may be cited as...

Section 301.012. Purpose - Sec. 301.012. PURPOSE. The legislature believes that it must conduct...

Section 301.013. Selection of Committees - Sec. 301.013. SELECTION OF COMMITTEES. (a) In its rules of...

Section 301.014. Powers and Duties of Standing Committees - Sec. 301.014. POWERS AND DUTIES OF STANDING COMMITTEES. (a) Each...

Section 301.015. Meetings of Standing Committees - Sec. 301.015. MEETINGS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. (a) When the legislature...

Section 301.016. Special Committees - Sec. 301.016. SPECIAL COMMITTEES. (a) By rule or resolution, each...

Section 301.017. General Investigating Committees - Sec. 301.017. GENERAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES. (a) By rule or resolution,...

Section 301.018. General Investigating Committee Meetings - Sec. 301.018. GENERAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE MEETINGS. (a) Each general investigating...

Section 301.019. Joint General Investigating Committee Hearings - Sec. 301.019. JOINT GENERAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE HEARINGS. (a) On a...

Section 301.020. Powers and Duties of General Investigating Committees - Sec. 301.020. POWERS AND DUTIES OF GENERAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES. (a)...

Section 301.021. General Investigating Committee Employees - Sec. 301.021. GENERAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES. (a) If for any...

Section 301.022. Testimony Under Oath - Sec. 301.022. TESTIMONY UNDER OATH. (a) All legislative committees shall...

Section 301.0221. Use of Pseudonym by Victims of Human Trafficking - Sec. 301.0221. USE OF PSEUDONYM BY VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING....

Section 301.023. Administering Oaths - Sec. 301.023. ADMINISTERING OATHS. (a) The following individuals may administer...

Section 301.024. Process - Sec. 301.024. PROCESS. (a) A general investigating committee may issue...

Section 301.025. Refusal to Testify - Sec. 301.025. REFUSAL TO TESTIFY. (a) A witness called by...

Section 301.026. Contempt of Legislature - Sec. 301.026. CONTEMPT OF LEGISLATURE. (a) A person commits an...

Section 301.027. Prosecution for Contempt of Legislature - Sec. 301.027. PROSECUTION FOR CONTEMPT OF LEGISLATURE. (a) If a...

Section 301.028. Cooperation of Other Agencies - Sec. 301.028. COOPERATION OF OTHER AGENCIES. (a) Each standing committee,...

Section 301.029. Appropriations for Salaries, per Diem, and Expenditures - Sec. 301.029. APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES, PER DIEM, AND EXPENDITURES. (a)...

Section 301.031. Committee Staff - Sec. 301.031. COMMITTEE STAFF. From its contingent expense fund, each...

Section 301.032. Gifts and Grants - Sec. 301.032. GIFTS AND GRANTS. (a) Either house of the...

Section 301.033. Allocation of Space in Legislative Services Building - Sec. 301.033. ALLOCATION OF SPACE IN LEGISLATIVE SERVICES BUILDING. (a)...

Section 301.034. Termination of Membership on Interim Committee - Sec. 301.034. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP ON INTERIM COMMITTEE. (a) A...

Section 301.035. Joint Interim Committee per Diem and Travel Expenses - Sec. 301.035. JOINT INTERIM COMMITTEE PER DIEM AND TRAVEL EXPENSES....

Subchapter C. Legislative Officers and Employees

Section 301.041. Communications With Parliamentarians - Sec. 301.041. COMMUNICATIONS WITH PARLIAMENTARIANS. (a) Communications, including conversations, correspondence,...

Section 301.042. Communications With Engrossing and Enrolling Department - Sec. 301.042. COMMUNICATIONS WITH ENGROSSING AND ENROLLING DEPARTMENT. (a) In...

Section 301.043. Engrossing and Enrolling Department Records of Drafting and Other Requests - Sec. 301.043. ENGROSSING AND ENROLLING DEPARTMENT RECORDS OF DRAFTING AND...

Subchapter D. Legislative Publications

Section 301.051. Issuance of Publications - Sec. 301.051. ISSUANCE OF PUBLICATIONS. Either house of the legislature...

Section 301.052. Distribution of Journals - Sec. 301.052. DISTRIBUTION OF JOURNALS. (a) The lieutenant governor and...

Subchapter E. Legal Representation of Legislature

Section 301.061. Legal Representation of Legislature - Sec. 301.061. LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF LEGISLATURE. (a) Subject to the...

Subchapter F. Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 301.071. Sale of Texas Flags and Similar Items - Sec. 301.071. SALE OF TEXAS FLAGS AND SIMILAR ITEMS. Either...

Section 301.072. State Buildings Occupied by Legislative Offices and Agencies - Sec. 301.072. STATE BUILDINGS OCCUPIED BY LEGISLATIVE OFFICES AND AGENCIES....