Bill Text: TX HJR65 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the governor to call the legislature into special session on petition of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR65 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR65-Introduced.html
| 87R1591 TJB-D | ||
| By: Vasut | H.J.R. No. 65 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the governor to call | ||
| the legislature into special session on petition of at least | ||
| two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 8, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The Governor shall by proclamation convene the | ||
| Legislature in special session on receipt of a petition requesting | ||
| the special session that is signed by at least two-thirds of the | ||
| members of each house of the Legislature. The petition must state | ||
| the date the Governor must convene the special session and the | ||
| specific purpose or purposes for which the session is convened. The | ||
| proclamation must provide for convening the Legislature on the date | ||
| stated in the petition and must authorize the Legislature to | ||
| consider the specific purpose or purposes stated in the petition. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the governor | ||
| to call the legislature into special session on petition of at least | ||
| two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature." | ||
