82R4472 JSA-D
By: Williams S.J.R. No. 47
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment revising the order of
legislative business to permit either house to act on bills and
resolutions after the first 15 days of a regular session.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5(b), Article III, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
(b) When convened in regular session [Session], the first 15
[thirty] days thereof shall be devoted to the introduction of bills
and resolutions, acting upon emergency appropriations, passing
upon the confirmation of the recess appointees of the Governor and
such emergency matters as may be submitted by the Governor in
special messages to the Legislature. During the remainder
[succeeding thirty days] of the regular session, [of the
Legislature] the various committees of each House shall hold
hearings to consider all bills, [and] resolutions, and other
matters then pending[;] and such emergency matters as may be
submitted by the Governor, and [. During the remainder of the
session] the Legislature shall act upon such bills and resolutions
as may be then pending and upon such emergency matters as may be
submitted by the Governor in special messages to the Legislature.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment revising the order of
legislative business to permit either house to act on bills and
resolutions after the first 15 days of a regular session."