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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lopez H.J.R. No. 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to |
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| 7 | 7 | | override a veto of the governor following a legislative session. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 14, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 14. (a) Every bill which shall have passed both houses |
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| 12 | 12 | | of the Legislature shall be presented to the Governor for his |
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| 13 | 13 | | approval. If he approve he shall sign it; but if he disapprove it, |
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| 14 | 14 | | he shall return it, with his objections, to the House in which it |
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| 15 | 15 | | originated, which House shall enter the objections at large upon |
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| 16 | 16 | | its journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such |
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| 17 | 17 | | reconsideration, two-thirds of the members present agree to pass |
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| 18 | 18 | | the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the other House, |
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| 19 | 19 | | by which likewise it shall be reconsidered; and, if approved by |
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| 20 | 20 | | two-thirds of the members of that House, it shall become a law; but |
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| 21 | 21 | | in such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas |
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| 22 | 22 | | and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against the |
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| 23 | 23 | | bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor with |
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| 25 | 25 | | his objections within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall |
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| 26 | 26 | | have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner |
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| 27 | 27 | | as if he had signed it, unless the Legislature, by its adjournment, |
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| 28 | 28 | | prevent its return, in which case it shall be a law, unless he shall |
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| 29 | 29 | | file the same, with his objections, in the office of the Secretary |
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| 30 | 30 | | of State and give notice thereof by public proclamation within |
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| 31 | 31 | | twenty days after such adjournment. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) If any bill presented to the Governor contains several |
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| 33 | 33 | | items of appropriation he may object to one or more of such items, |
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| 34 | 34 | | and approve the other portion of the bill. In such case he shall |
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| 35 | 35 | | append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | items to which he objects, and no item so objected to shall take |
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| 37 | 37 | | effect. If the Legislature be in session, he shall transmit to the |
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| 38 | 38 | | House in which the bill originated a copy of such statement and the |
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| 39 | 39 | | items objected to shall be separately considered. If, on |
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| 40 | 40 | | reconsideration, one or more of such items be approved by |
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| 41 | 41 | | two-thirds of the members present of each House, the same shall be |
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| 42 | 42 | | part of the law, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor. If |
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| 43 | 43 | | any such bill, containing several items of appropriation, not |
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| 44 | 44 | | having been presented to the Governor ten days (Sundays excepted) |
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| 45 | 45 | | prior to adjournment, be in the hands of the Governor at the time of |
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| 46 | 46 | | adjournment, he shall have twenty days from such adjournment within |
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| 47 | 47 | | which to file objections to any items thereof in the office of the |
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| 48 | 48 | | Secretary of State and make proclamation of the same, and such item |
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| 49 | 49 | | or items shall not take effect. |
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| 50 | 50 | | (d) The Legislature shall meet to reconsider any bill |
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| 51 | 51 | | disapproved by the Governor under this section or any item of |
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| 52 | 52 | | appropriation in a bill to which the Governor objects under |
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| 53 | 53 | | Subsection (c) of this section if the bill or statement of objection |
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| 54 | 54 | | to the item of appropriation is: |
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| 55 | 55 | | (1) returned to the House in which the bill originated |
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| 56 | 56 | | on or after the third day before the date of adjournment of the |
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| 57 | 57 | | session at which the bill was passed; or |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) filed in the office of the Secretary of State after |
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| 59 | 59 | | the adjournment of the session at which the bill was passed. |
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| 60 | 60 | | (e) The period for reconsideration under Subsection (d) of |
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| 61 | 61 | | this section begins at 10 a.m. on the day following the last day on |
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| 62 | 62 | | which the Governor is authorized to file a disapproval or objection |
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| 63 | 63 | | in the office of the Secretary of State and may not exceed five |
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| 64 | 64 | | consecutive days. During this period, unless the Legislature has |
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| 65 | 65 | | been called into special session by the Governor, the Legislature |
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| 66 | 66 | | may not consider any subject other than the reconsideration of |
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| 67 | 67 | | bills or items of appropriation described by Subsection (d) of this |
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| 68 | 68 | | section. Reconsideration of a bill or item of appropriation during |
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| 69 | 69 | | this period is conducted in the manner provided by Subsection (a) or |
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| 70 | 70 | | (c) of this section, as applicable. |
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| 71 | 71 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 72 | 72 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2022. |
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| 73 | 73 | | The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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| 74 | 74 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment to allow the |
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| 75 | 75 | | legislature to override a veto of the governor following a |
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| 76 | 76 | | legislative session." |
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