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| 1 | 1 | 88R2411 MAW-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Birdwell S.J.R. No. 63 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | |
| 7 | 7 | to consider legislation on any subject during a special session. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 40, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 40. (a) When the legislature is [Legislature shall be] | |
| 12 | 12 | convened in a special session, the legislature may consider [there | |
| 13 | 13 | shall be no] legislation on any subject, including the [upon] | |
| 14 | 14 | subjects [other than those] designated in the proclamation of the | |
| 15 | 15 | governor [Governor] calling the [such] session, or presented to the | |
| 16 | 16 | legislature [them] by the governor. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) No special [Governor; and no such] session shall be of | |
| 18 | 18 | longer duration than thirty days. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 20 | 20 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | |
| 21 | 21 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 22 | 22 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | |
| 23 | 23 | legislature to consider legislation on any subject during a special | |
| 24 | 24 | session." |