Tex. Gov't Code § 301.005 · Subchapter A. INITIAL MEETING AND ORGANIZATION

LACK OF QUORUM.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

If a quorum is not present in a house of the legislature on the day the legislature is to convene, the presiding officer of that house and the secretary of the senate or chief clerk, as appropriate, shall attend each day until a quorum appears and is qualified.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Amended by:

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1250 (H.B. 4181), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.301.htm
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