By:  Wentworth                               S.J.R. No. 10

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                               SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 1-1     ratifying a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United

 1-2     States providing for a federal balanced budget.

 1-3           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  The Legislature of the State of Texas, pursuant

 1-5     to Article V of the United States Constitution, hereby ratifies an

 1-6     amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed by

 1-7     House Joint Resolution No. ___ or Senate Joint Resolution No. ___

 1-8     of the 105th Congress of the United States which requires a

 1-9     balanced federal budget.

1-10           SECTION 2.  The secretary of state of the State of Texas

1-11     shall notify the archivist of the United States of the action of

1-12     the 75th Legislature of the State of Texas, Regular Session, 1997,

1-13     by sending the archivist a copy of this resolution.

1-14           SECTION 3.  The secretary of state of the State of Texas

1-15     shall also send copies of this resolution to the United States

1-16     senators from Texas, to all United States representatives from

1-17     Texas, to the vice president of the United States, and to the

1-18     speaker of the United States House of Representatives with the

1-19     request that it be printed in full in the Congressional Record.