| 1 | 1 | | 88R1651 TJB-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Birdwell S.J.R. No. 36 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | rescinding the automatic rescission of certain applications made by |
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| 7 | 7 | | the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a |
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| 8 | 8 | | national convention under Article V of the United States |
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| 9 | 9 | | Constitution for proposing any amendment to that constitution. |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, The 85th Legislature of the State of Texas, Regular |
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| 11 | 11 | | Session, 2017, enacted S.J.R. No. 38 to officially rescind, repeal, |
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| 12 | 12 | | revoke, cancel, void, and nullify certain applications from Texas |
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| 13 | 13 | | legislatures prior to the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, |
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| 14 | 14 | | that apply to the United States Congress for the calling of a |
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| 15 | 15 | | convention under Article V of the United States Constitution; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, S.J.R. No. 38 additionally provided that any |
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| 17 | 17 | | application to the United States Congress for the calling of a |
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| 18 | 18 | | convention under Article V of the United States Constitution that |
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| 19 | 19 | | is submitted by the Texas Legislature during or after the Regular |
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| 20 | 20 | | Session of the 85th Legislature will be automatically rescinded, |
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| 21 | 21 | | repealed, revoked, canceled, voided, and nullified if the |
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| 22 | 22 | | applicable convention is not called on or before the eighth |
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| 23 | 23 | | anniversary of the date the last legislative vote is taken on the |
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| 24 | 24 | | application; now, therefore, be it |
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| 25 | 25 | | RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas, |
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| 26 | 26 | | Regular Session, 2023, hereby officially rescinds, repeals, |
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| 27 | 27 | | revokes, cancels, voids, and nullifies the provision of S.J.R. |
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| 28 | 28 | | No. 38 that provided for the automatic rescission, repeal, |
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| 29 | 29 | | revocation, cancellation, voiding, and nullification of any |
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| 30 | 30 | | application from the Texas Legislature after the eighth anniversary |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the date the last legislative vote was taken on the application; |
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| 32 | 32 | | and, be it further |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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| 34 | 34 | | copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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| 35 | 35 | | the speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, to |
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| 36 | 36 | | the vice president of the United States in the vice president's |
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| 37 | 37 | | capacity as the presiding officer of the Senate of the United States |
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| 38 | 38 | | at the office located in the United States Capitol Building, and to |
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| 39 | 39 | | all members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request |
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| 40 | 40 | | that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional |
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| 41 | 41 | | Record. |
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