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By:  Dunnam                                                     H.J.R. No. 100



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment providing for open meetings of 
each House of the Legislature, and its committees and 
subcommittees.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Section 16, Article III, Texas Constitution, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 16.  (a)  The sessions of each House shall be open, 
except the Senate when in Executive session.
	(b)  The Legislature by general law may administer and 
enforce the requirement of Subsection (a) of this section.
	(c)  All meetings of every committee of each House at which 
official acts are to be taken or at which public business is to be 
transacted or discussed shall be open and noticed to the public and 
meetings of the legislature shall be open and noticed as provided in 
Article III, Section 4(e), except with respect to meetings exempted 
pursuant to this section or specifically closed by this 
Constitution.  The Legislature may provide by general law, passed 
by a two-thirds vote of each House, for the exemption of meetings 
from the requirements of this section, provided that such law shall 
state with specificity the public necessity justifying the 
exemption and shall be no broader than necessary to accomplish the 
stated purpose of the law.  As used in this section, the term 
"committee" means any committee created by or under the authority 
of a House, its presiding officer, or other officer granted that 
authority by the rules of that House to create a committee, and 
includes working groups.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2005.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment providing for open 
meetings of each House of the Legislature, and its committees and 
subcommittees."