House Committee on House Administration

Jurisdiction

The committee shall have 11 members, with jurisdiction over:

1. Administrative operation of the house and its employees.
2. Adoption of policies and procedures for appropriate workplace conduct under Rule 15 and the housekeeping resolution, including training of members, officers, and employees.
3. The general house fund, with full control over all expenditures from the fund.
4. All property, equipment, and supplies obtained by the house for its use and the use of its members.
5. All office space available for the use of the house and its members.
6. The assignment of vacant office space, vacant parking spaces, and vacant desks on the house floor to members with seniority based on cumulative years of service.
7. All admissions to the floor during sessions of the house.
8. All proposals to invite nonmembers to appear before or address the house or a joint session.
9. All radio, television, and Internet broadcasting, live or recorded, of sessions of the house.
10. The electronic recording of the proceedings of the house and the custody of recordings of testimony before house committees.
11. All witnesses appearing before the house or any committee thereof in support of or in opposition to any pending legislative proposal.
12. The Rules of Procedure of the House of Representatives, Joint Rules of the House and Senate, and all proposed amendments.
13. Other matters concerning the rules, procedures, and operation of the house assigned by the speaker.
14. The following state agency: the State Preservation Board.

The committee must vote to adopt the annual budget for each house department.

Source: Rules of the Texas House of Representatives, 89th Legislature.

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