82R11816 KYF-D
By: Elkins H.J.R. No. 123
A JOINT RESOLUTION
rescinding the 1899 application of the 26th Texas Legislature to
the United States Congress to call an unrestricted convention under
Article V of the United States Constitution.
WHEREAS, The 26th Texas Legislature applied to the United
States Congress 112 years ago to call a convention, pursuant to
Article V of the United States Constitution, to propose amendments
to that constitution; and
WHEREAS, That particular application did not provide any
limitation on the subject matter of amendments to be considered or
proposed by such a convention; and
WHEREAS, At the present time, the Texas Legislature has
absolutely no desire or intention whatsoever for Congress to call
an Article V convention of a general and unlimited nature; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby rescinds the
application to Congress made by Senate Concurrent Resolution 4,
Acts of the 26th Legislature, Regular Session, 1899, pursuant to
Article V, for the calling of an open-ended convention to propose
federal constitutional amendments, as reprinted in the
Congressional Record of December 11, 1899, at page 219; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
copies of this resolution to the vice president of the United States
(in his capacity as presiding officer of the United States Senate),
to the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and to
all members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request
that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional
Record as a rescission of the application to Congress of the 26th
Texas Legislature requesting an indeterminate constitutional
convention.