78S30211 JSA-D

By:  Wentworth                                                  S.J.R. No. 2  



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.  A majority [Two-thirds] of the members of each 
House of the Legislature 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 provide that a 
majority of the members of the senate or house of representatives of 
the Texas Legislature constitutes a quorum for that house to do 
business."