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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment allowing bills and |
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resolutions to be introduced at any time during a regular session of |
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the legislature. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) When convened in regular Session, the first thirty days |
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thereof shall be devoted to [the introduction of bills and
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resolutions,] acting upon emergency appropriations, passing upon |
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the confirmation of the recess appointees of the Governor, and |
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acting upon such emergency matters as may be submitted by the |
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Governor in special messages to the Legislature. During the |
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succeeding thirty days of the regular session of the Legislature |
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the various committees of each House shall hold hearings to |
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consider all bills and resolutions and other matters then pending; |
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and such emergency matters as may be submitted by the Governor. |
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During the remainder of the session the Legislature shall act upon |
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[such] bills and resolutions [as may be then pending] and upon such |
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emergency matters as may be submitted by the Governor in special |
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messages to the Legislature. Bills and resolutions may be |
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introduced at any time during the regular session and neither House |
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may adopt a rule or take action under Subsection (c) of this section |
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in a manner that imposes a deadline for the filing of bills or |
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resolutions during the regular session. This subsection does not |
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affect the authority of a House to permit the prefiling of bills or |
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resolutions before the Legislature convenes in regular session. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2007. |
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The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment allowing bills and |
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resolutions to be introduced at any time during a regular session of |
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the legislature." |