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By:  Raymond                                                    H.J.R. No. 26 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

supporting the ratification of a proposed amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States providing for a federal balanced 
budget.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.   The Legislature of the State of Texas by this 
resolution states its support of and intention to ratify, under 
Article V of the United States Constitution, an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States to require a balanced federal 
budget as proposed by House Joint Resolution No. ___ or Senate Joint 
Resolution No. ___ of the 108th Congress of the United States.
	SECTION 2.   The secretary of state of this state shall:                       
		(1)  notify the archivist of the United States of the 
action of the 78th Legislature of the State of Texas, Regular 
Session, 2003, by sending the archivist a copy of this resolution; 
and
		(2)  send copies of this resolution to the United 
States senators from Texas, to all United States representatives 
from Texas, to the vice president of the United States, and to the 
speaker of the United States House of Representatives with the 
request that it be printed in full in the Congressional Record.