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| 1 | 1 | By: Vasut H.J.R. No. 9 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 5 | 5 | proposing a constitutional amendment to reduce the number of | |
| 6 | 6 | members of each House required to constitute a quorum to a majority. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Section 10, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 9 | 9 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | Sec. 10. QUORUM; ADJOURNMENTS FROM DAY TO DAY; COMPELLING | |
| 11 | 11 | ATTENDANCE. A majority [Two-thirds] of the members of each House of | |
| 12 | 12 | the Legislature shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a | |
| 13 | 13 | smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the | |
| 14 | 14 | attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such | |
| 15 | 15 | penalties as each House may provide. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 17 | 17 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. | |
| 18 | 18 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 19 | 19 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment to provide that a | |
| 20 | 20 | majority of the members of the senate or house of representatives of | |
| 21 | 21 | the Texas Legislature constitutes a quorum for that house to do | |
| 22 | 22 | business." |