| 1 | 1 | | By: Sanford H.J.R. No. 151 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to |
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| 6 | 6 | | convene into special session on petition of at least two-thirds of |
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| 7 | 7 | | the members of each house of the legislature following certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | disaster or emergency declarations. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 8, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c) If a state of emergency extends over 60 days in a |
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| 13 | 13 | | geographic area containing over sixty percent of the total state |
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| 14 | 14 | | population, the legislature shall convene in special session on |
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| 15 | 15 | | receipt of a petition requesting the special session that is signed |
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| 16 | 16 | | by at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | legislature. The petition must state the date the Legislature must |
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| 18 | 18 | | convene the special session and the specific purpose or purposes |
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| 19 | 19 | | for which the session is convened. The proclamation must provide |
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| 20 | 20 | | for convening the legislature on the date stated in the petition and |
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| 21 | 21 | | must authorize the legislature to consider the specific purpose or |
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| 22 | 22 | | purposes stated in the petition. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 24 | 24 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. |
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| 25 | 25 | | The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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| 26 | 26 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the |
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| 27 | 27 | | legislature to convene into special session on petition of at least |
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| 28 | 28 | | two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature |
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| 29 | 29 | | following certain disaster or emergency declarations." |
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