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1	1	By: Elkins, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) H.J.R. No. 29
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 2, 2009;
3	3	April 15, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on State
4	4	Affairs; May 14, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable
5	5	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1;
6	6	May 14, 2009, sent to printer.)
7	7	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.J.R. No. 29 By: Lucio
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10	10	HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
11	11	proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to
12	12	override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.
13	13	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Section 14, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is
15	15	amended to read as follows:
16	16	Sec. 14. (a) Every bill which shall have passed both
17	17	houses of the Legislature shall be presented to the Governor for his
18	18	approval. If he approve he shall sign it; but if he disapprove it,
19	19	he shall return it, with his objections, to the House in which it
20	20	originated, which House shall enter the objections at large upon
21	21	its journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such
22	22	reconsideration, two-thirds of the members present agree to pass
23	23	the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the other House,
24	24	by which likewise it shall be reconsidered; and, if approved by
25	25	two-thirds of the members of that House, it shall become a law; but
26	26	in such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas
27	27	and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against the
28	28	bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively.
29	29	(b) If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor with
30	30	his objections within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall
31	31	have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner
32	32	as if he had signed it, unless the Legislature, by its adjournment,
33	33	prevent its return, in which case it shall be a law, unless he shall
34	34	file the same, with his objections, in the office of the Secretary
35	35	of State and give notice thereof by public proclamation within
36	36	twenty days after such adjournment.
37	37	(c) If any bill presented to the Governor contains several
38	38	items of appropriation he may object to one or more of such items,
39	39	and approve the other portion of the bill. In such case he shall
40	40	append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the
41	41	items to which he objects, and no item so objected to shall take
42	42	effect. If the Legislature be in session, he shall transmit to the
43	43	House in which the bill originated a copy of such statement and the
44	44	items objected to shall be separately considered. If, on
45	45	reconsideration, one or more of such items be approved by
46	46	two-thirds of the members present of each House, the same shall be
47	47	part of the law, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor. If
48	48	any such bill, containing several items of appropriation, not
49	49	having been presented to the Governor ten days (Sundays excepted)
50	50	prior to adjournment, be in the hands of the Governor at the time of
51	51	adjournment, he shall have twenty days from such adjournment within
52	52	which to file objections to any items thereof and make proclamation
53	53	of the same, and such item or items shall not take effect.
54	54	(d) On the call of the presiding officers of both Houses of
55	55	the Legislature as provided by Subsection (e) of this section, the
56	56	Legislature shall convene to reconsider any bill disapproved by the
57	57	Governor under Subsection (a) of this section or any item of
58	58	appropriation in a bill to which the Governor objects under
59	59	Subsection (c) of this section if the bill or statement of objection
60	60	to the item of appropriation is:
61	61	(1) returned to the House in which the bill originated
62	62	on or after the third day before the date of adjournment of the
63	63	session at which the bill was passed; or
64	64	(2) filed with the Secretary of State after the
65	65	adjournment of the session at which the bill was passed.
66	66	(e) Not later than the fifth day following the last day on
67	67	which the Governor is authorized to file a disapproval of a bill or
68	68	objection to an item of appropriation with the Secretary of State
69	69	under this section after adjournment of the Legislature, a member
70	70	of either House in writing filed with the chief clerk or secretary
71	71	of that House may request the presiding officer of that House to
72	72	call the Legislature into session as provided by Subsection (f) of
73	73	this section to reconsider one or more bills or items of
74	74	appropriation described by Subsection (d) of this section. If and
75	75	only if a majority of the members of either House file requests with
76	76	the applicable chief clerk or secretary within that period, the
77	77	presiding officers of both Houses shall jointly call the
78	78	Legislature into session for purposes of Subsection (d).
79	79	(f) The period for reconsideration under Subsection (d) of
80	80	this section begins at 10 a.m. on the second Tuesday following the
81	81	last day on which the Governor is authorized to file a disapproval
82	82	or objection with the Secretary of State and may not exceed three
83	83	consecutive days. During this period, unless the Legislature has
84	84	been called into special session by the Governor, the Legislature
85	85	may not consider any subject other than the reconsideration of
86	86	bills or items of appropriation described by Subsection (d) of this
87	87	section. Reconsideration of a bill or item of appropriation during
88	88	this period is conducted in the manner provided by Subsection (a) or
89	89	(c) of this section, as applicable.
90	90	SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
91	91	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009.
92	92	The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
93	93	proposition: "The constitutional amendment to allow the
94	94	legislature to override a veto of the governor following a
95	95	legislative session."
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