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| 1 | 1 | 89R10639 MAW-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Birdwell S.J.R. No. 53 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 8 | 8 | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | |
| 9 | 9 | to designate subjects for legislation during a special session. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 40, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 40. (a) When the legislature is [Legislature shall be] | |
| 14 | 14 | convened in a special session, the legislature may not consider | |
| 15 | 15 | [there shall be no] legislation on a subject [upon subjects] other | |
| 16 | 16 | than a subject [those] designated in the proclamation of the | |
| 17 | 17 | governor [Governor] calling the [such] session, [or] presented to | |
| 18 | 18 | the legislature [them] by the governor, or designated by either | |
| 19 | 19 | house of the legislature by resolution approved by a two-thirds | |
| 20 | 20 | vote of the members of that house. A subject designated by one | |
| 21 | 21 | house of the legislature may be considered by the other house. | |
| 22 | 22 | (b) No special [Governor; and no such] session shall be of | |
| 23 | 23 | longer duration than thirty days. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 25 | 25 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025. | |
| 26 | 26 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 27 | 27 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | |
| 28 | 28 | legislature to designate subjects for legislation during a special | |
| 29 | 29 | session." |