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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the house of |
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representatives to provide for the removal of the speaker. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 9(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The House of Representatives shall, when it first |
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assembles, organize temporarily, and thereupon proceed to the |
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election of a Speaker from its own members. The House of |
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Representatives by rule may provide for the removal of the Speaker |
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by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to the House. |
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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 3, 2009. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the house |
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of representatives to provide for the removal of the speaker by a |
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vote of two-thirds of the members of the house." |