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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment to require each house of the |
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legislature to take a record vote on final passage of a bill or |
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proposed constitutional amendment. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12, Article III, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12. (a) Each house of the legislature [House] shall |
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keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same. |
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(b) A vote taken by either house must be by record vote with |
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the vote of each member entered in the journal of that house if the |
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vote is on final passage of a bill or of a measure proposing an |
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amendment to this constitution; and the yeas and nays of the members |
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of either house [House] on any other question shall, at the desire |
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of any three members present, be entered on the journals. For |
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purposes of this subsection, a vote on final passage includes a vote |
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on third reading in a house or on second reading if the house |
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suspends the requirement for three readings, on whether to concur |
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in the other house's amendments, and on whether to adopt a |
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conference committee report. |
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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 permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment to require that a |
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record vote be taken by a house of the legislature on final passage |
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of any bill or proposed constitutional amendment." |