Bill Text: TX HCR77 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Reaffirming Texas' sovereignty under the Texas Constitution and the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select [HCR77 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HCR77-Introduced.html
| 83R10112 BPG-F | ||
| By: White | H.C.R. No. 77 | |
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| WHEREAS, The Republic of Texas existed as an independent | ||
| nation for nine years, and when it accepted admission to the Union | ||
| in 1845, it remained a free and independent state subject only to | ||
| the United States Constitution; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The United States Congress has passed laws requiring | ||
| Texas to make expenditures that are unfunded by the federal | ||
| government, which is a violation of the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. | ||
| Constitution; moreover, the federal government has caused the | ||
| intentional devaluation of its currency through its reckless | ||
| spending and borrowing, and this threatens the economic stability | ||
| of Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The United States government has allowed the use of | ||
| its authority, credit, and goodwill for the benefit of private and | ||
| foreign concerns in violation of its own constitution; in addition, | ||
| its repeated failure to guard the border between Texas and Mexico | ||
| has forced the state to spend vast sums in order to protect its | ||
| citizens; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The federal government has further implemented | ||
| thousands of laws, mandates, and agencies in violation of the | ||
| United States Constitution and of the sovereignty of the State of | ||
| Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Section 1, Article I, Texas Constitution, states | ||
| that "the perpetuity of the Union depend[s] upon the preservation | ||
| of the right of local self-government, unimpaired to all the | ||
| States"; Section 2, Article I, declares, "All political power is | ||
| inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on | ||
| their authority, and instituted for their benefit. The faith of the | ||
| people of Texas stands pledged to the preservation of a republican | ||
| form of government, and, subject to this limitation only, they have | ||
| at all times the inalienable right to alter, reform or abolish their | ||
| government in such manner as they may think expedient"; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby reaffirm the state's sovereignty under the Texas | ||
| Constitution and the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the | ||
| United States; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official | ||
| copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to | ||
| the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of | ||
| Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the | ||
| members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that | ||
| this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record | ||
| as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. | ||
