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By:  Branch                                                     H.J.R. No. 3  



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination 
of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Section 10, Article III, Texas Constitution, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 10.  Two-thirds of the members of each House of the 
Legislature, excluding members who the presiding officer 
determines are absent from the state, shall constitute a quorum to 
do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and 
compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under 
such penalties as each House may provide.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2004.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to exclude a senator or 
representative who is absent from this state from the determination 
of a quorum needed for a house of the legislature to do business."