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| 1 | 1 | 88R1698 TJB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Vasut H.J.R. No. 32 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the governor to call | |
| 7 | 7 | the legislature into special session on petition of at least | |
| 8 | 8 | two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 8, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) The Governor shall by proclamation convene the | |
| 13 | 13 | Legislature in special session on receipt of a petition requesting | |
| 14 | 14 | the special session that is signed by at least two-thirds of the | |
| 15 | 15 | members of each house of the Legislature. The petition must state | |
| 16 | 16 | the date the Governor must convene the special session and the | |
| 17 | 17 | specific purpose or purposes for which the session is convened. The | |
| 18 | 18 | proclamation must provide for convening the Legislature on the date | |
| 19 | 19 | stated in the petition and must authorize the Legislature to | |
| 20 | 20 | consider the specific purpose or purposes stated in the petition. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 22 | 22 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | |
| 23 | 23 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 24 | 24 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the governor | |
| 25 | 25 | to call the legislature into special session on petition of at least | |
| 26 | 26 | two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature." |