Bill Text: TX HR154 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.J.R. 2.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-30 - Reported enrolled [HR154 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR154-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 154 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of | ||
Texas, 83rd Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2013, That House Rule | ||
13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, | ||
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to | ||
resolve the differences on House Joint Resolution 2 (a | ||
constitutional amendment to provide for the transfer of certain | ||
general revenue to the economic stabilization fund and to the state | ||
highway fund and for the dedication of the revenue transferred to | ||
the state highway fund) to consider and take action on the following | ||
matters: | ||
(1) House Rule 13, Section (9)(a)(1), is suspended to allow | ||
the committee to change, alter, or amend text on a matter not in | ||
disagreement in the temporary provision added by SECTION 2 of the | ||
joint resolution to read as follows: | ||
(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2017. | ||
Explanation: This change is necessary to ensure that the | ||
temporary provision remains in place for a sufficient period. | ||
(2) House Rule 13, Section (9)(a)(1), is suspended to allow | ||
the committee to change, alter, or amend text on a matter not in | ||
disagreement in SECTION 3 of the joint resolution to read as | ||
follows: | ||
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2014. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the use | ||
and dedication of certain money transferred to the state highway | ||
fund to assist in the completion of transportation construction, | ||
maintenance, and rehabilitation projects, not to include toll | ||
roads." | ||
Explanation: This change is necessary to provide for the | ||
election on the proposed constitutional amendment to be held in | ||
November 2014. | ||
Pickett | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 154 was adopted by the House on July | ||
29, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||