Bill Text: TX HJR23 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the governor from vetoing an item of appropriation made to the legislative or judicial branch of state government, including to an agency the primary purpose of which is to assist those branches of government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-11 - Filed [HJR23 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR23-Introduced.html
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| By: Martinez | H.J.R. No. 23 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the governor from | ||
| vetoing an item of appropriation made to the legislative or | ||
| judicial branch of state government, including to an agency the | ||
| primary purpose of which is to assist those branches of government. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 14, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 14. (a) Every bill which shall have passed both houses | ||
| of the Legislature shall be presented to the Governor for [ |
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| approval. If the Governor approves of the bill, the Governor [ |
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| the Governor [ |
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| which the bill is returned [ |
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| objections at large upon its journal, and proceed to reconsider the | ||
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| members present agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the | ||
| objections, to the other House, by which likewise it shall be | ||
| reconsidered. If [ |
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| of that House, the bill [ |
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| cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, | ||
| and the names of the members voting for and against the bill shall | ||
| be entered on the journal of each House respectively. If any bill | ||
| shall not be returned by the Governor with [ |
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| ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to | ||
| the Governor [ |
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| adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall be a law, | ||
| unless the Governor [ |
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| objections, in the office of the Secretary of State and give notice | ||
| thereof by public proclamation within twenty days after such | ||
| adjournment. | ||
| (b) If any bill presented to the Governor contains several | ||
| items of appropriation, the Governor [ |
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| of such items, and approve the other portion of the bill. In such | ||
| case the Governor [ |
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| signing it, a statement of the items to which the Governor [ |
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| objects, and no item so objected to shall take effect. If the | ||
| Legislature be in session, the Governor [ |
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| House in which the bill originated a copy of such statement and the | ||
| items objected to shall be separately considered. If, on | ||
| reconsideration, one or more of such items be approved by | ||
| two-thirds of the members present of each House, the same shall be | ||
| part of the law, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor. If | ||
| any such bill, containing several items of appropriation, not | ||
| having been presented to the Governor ten days (Sundays excepted) | ||
| prior to adjournment, be in the hands of the Governor at the time of | ||
| adjournment, the Governor [ |
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| adjournment within which to file objections to any items thereof | ||
| and make proclamation of the same, and such item or items shall not | ||
| take effect. | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b) of this section, in | ||
| order to give effect to the division of the powers of the government | ||
| of this state into three distinct departments as provided in | ||
| Section 1, Article II, of this constitution, the Governor may not | ||
| object in any bill presented to the Governor that contains several | ||
| items of appropriation to an item of appropriation made to the | ||
| Legislative or Judicial department of government, including an item | ||
| of appropriation made to an agency the primary purpose of which is | ||
| to assist the Legislative or Judicial department of government in | ||
| the exercise of the powers properly attached to either department. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2022. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the | ||
| governor from vetoing an item of appropriation made to the | ||
| legislative or judicial branch of state government, including to an | ||
| agency the primary purpose of which is to assist the legislative or | ||
| judicial branch in the exercise of its powers." | ||
