TITLE: Providing for procedures for the canvass of votes for the governor and lieutenant governor and the inauguration of the governor and lieutenant governor, and inviting the governor to address a joint session of the legislature on January 15, 2015.

SUMMARY: Providing for procedures for the canvass of votes for the governor and lieutenant governor and the inauguration of the governor and lieutenant governor, and inviting the governor to address a joint session of the legislature on January 15, 2015.

FULL TEXT:
84(R) SCR 3-Enrolled version-Bill Text S.C.R. No. 3 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED by the 84th Legislature, That a joint committee, composed of six members of the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor and six members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, arrange for the canvass of the votes cast for governor and lieutenant governor at the general election held on November 4, 2014, and that a joint session of the senate and house be held in the hall of the house of representatives at 1 p.m., on Thursday, January 15, 2015, for the purpose of counting the votes, receiving the report, and hearing the declaration of the results of the canvass; and, be it further RESOLVED, That the senate and house of representatives sit in joint session in the hall of the house of representatives at 2:30 p.m., on Thursday, January 15, 2015, and that the Honorable Rick Perry, Governor of the State of Texas, be, and is hereby, invited to address the Regular Session of the 84th Legislature in joint session at that time; and, be it further RESOLVED, That the senate and house of representatives sit in joint session at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, for the inauguration of the governor-elect and lieutenant governor-elect of Texas as determined by the canvass of the votes; and, be it further RESOLVED, That a joint committee, composed of five members of the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor and five members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, make arrangements for the joint session and oath-taking ceremony on January 20, 2015; and, be it further RESOLVED, That the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas be, and is hereby, instructed to close all vehicle entrances to the Capitol grounds on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, except for those vehicles approved by the inaugural committee as necessary for use in connection with the ceremony and the program following. President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 3 was adopted by the Senate on January 13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 3 was adopted by the House on January 14, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, two present not voting. Chief Clerk of the House Approved: Date Governor