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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination |
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of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 10, Article III, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 10. Two-thirds of the members of each House of the |
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Legislature, excluding members whom the presiding officer |
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determines are absent from the state, shall constitute a quorum to |
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do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and |
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compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under |
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such penalties as each House may provide. |
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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 to exclude a senator or |
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representative who is absent from this state from the determination |
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of a quorum needed for a house of the legislature to do business." |