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Amending Acts 1961, Fifty-seventh Legislature, page 654, Chapter 303, known and cited as the "Legislative Reorganization Act of 1961," to provide statutory authorization for a system of seniority adopted by either House of the Legislature, and providing continuity for such seniority system once adopted; authorizing each House of the Legislature to provide for the conduct of committee work through the use of subcommittees, and granting to such subcommittees similar powers to those authorized to standing committees; authorizing the filing of bills and resolutions in advance of the convening of the Legislature and prescribing procedures in connection with such prefiling; prescribing limitations on committee action with respect to local bills and bills involving the use of population brackets; amending Article 2, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, to prescribe for the publication of certain notices with respect to local or special laws; providing severability; repealing all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith; and declaring an emergency.