Bill Text: TX HJR21 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring that any appropriations in excess of the constitutional spending limit be approved by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-22 - Left pending in subcommittee [HJR21 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HJR21-Introduced.html

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84R9205 MK-D
By: Burkett H.J.R. No. 21

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment requiring that any
appropriations in excess of the constitutional spending limit be
approved by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each
house of the legislature.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22(b), Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
(b) If the legislature by adoption of a resolution approved
by a record vote of two-thirds [a majority] of the members of each
house finds that an emergency exists and identifies the nature of
the emergency, the legislature may provide for appropriations in
excess of the amount authorized by Subsection (a) of this section.
The excess authorized under this subsection may not exceed the
amount specified in the resolution.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring that any
appropriations in excess of the constitutional spending limit be
approved by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each
house of the legislature."