By Nelson S.B. No. 778 74R5344 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to procedures for initiative and referendum. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. The secretary of state by rule shall prescribe 1-5 procedures necessary for the implementation of the powers of 1-6 initiative and referendum. 1-7 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the date on which the 1-8 constitutional amendment proposed by S.J.R. No. 34, 74th 1-9 Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, takes effect. If that 1-10 amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect. 1-11 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.