By Chisum                                            H.J.R. No. 121
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  rescinding the previous application of the 65th Legislature of the
    1-2  State of Texas to the Congress of the United States of America for
    1-3  the calling of a constitutional convention for the purpose of
    1-4  requiring a balanced federal budget, and rescinding any other
    1-5  previous applications of the Legislature of the State of Texas to
    1-6  the Congress of the United States of America for the calling of a
    1-7  constitutional convention for any purpose, limited or general.
    1-8        WHEREAS, Legislature of the State of Texas, acting with the
    1-9  best of intentions, has previously made application to the Congress
   1-10  of the United States of America for the calling of a constitutional
   1-11  convention for the limited purpose of proposing certain amendments
   1-12  to the Constitution of the United States of America; and
   1-13        WHEREAS, the best legal minds in the nation today are in
   1-14  general agreement that a convention, notwithstanding whatever
   1-15  limitation might be placed upon it by the call of said convention,
   1-16  would have within the scope of its authority the complete
   1-17  redrafting of the Constitution of the United States of America; and
   1-18        WHEREAS, a complete redrafting of the Constitution of the
   1-19  United States of America would create a great danger to the
   1-20  well-established rights of our people and to the constitutional
   1-21  principles under which we are presently governed; and
   1-22        WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States of America,
   1-23  while it has been amended many times in the history of the nation
    2-1  and may yet be amended many times, has been extensively interpreted
    2-2  and has proven to be a basically sound document which protects the
    2-3  rights and freedoms of all Americans; and
    2-4        WHEREAS, there is no need for a new constitution, the
    2-5  adoption of which would create legal chaos in America and only
    2-6  begin the process of another two centuries of litigation over it's
    2-7  interpretation by the courts; and
    2-8        WHEREAS, such changes as may be needed in the present
    2-9  Constitution of the United States may be proposed and enacted by
   2-10  the well-established methods of amendment contained therein; now,
   2-11  therefore be it
   2-12        RESOLVED, that the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas,
   2-13  Regular Session, 1995, hereby rescinds the previous application to
   2-14  the Congress of the United States made by the 65th Legislature of
   2-15  the State of Texas in 1977 (Tex. H.C.R.  31, 65th Leg., (1977) TEX.
   2-16  GEN. 20 LAWS 3257) pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the
   2-17  United States of America for the calling of a constitutional
   2-18  convention for the purpose of requiring a balanced federal budget;
   2-19  and, be it further
   2-20        RESOLVED, that the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas,
   2-21  Regular Session, 1995, hereby rescinds any and all previous
   2-22  applications to the Congress of the United States made by the
   2-23  Legislature of the State of Texas pursuant to Article V of the
   2-24  Constitution of the United States of America for the calling of a
   2-25  constitutional convention for any purpose, limited or general; and,
    3-1  be it further
    3-2        RESOLVED, that the Texas Secretary of State forward official
    3-3  copies of this resolution to the president of the United States
    3-4  Congress, and to all members of the Texas delegation to the
    3-5  congress with the request that it be officially entered in the
    3-6  Congressional Record as notice of the withdrawal by the State of
    3-7  Texas of the state's previous applications to the United States
    3-8  Congress for the calling of a constitutional convention.