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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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rescinding the 1899 application of the 26th Texas Legislature to |
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the United States Congress to call an unrestricted convention under |
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Article V of the United States Constitution. |
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WHEREAS, The 26th Texas Legislature applied to the United |
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States Congress 112 years ago to call a convention, pursuant to |
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Article V of the United States Constitution, to propose amendments |
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to that constitution; and |
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WHEREAS, That particular application did not provide any |
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limitation on the subject matter of amendments to be considered or |
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proposed by such a convention; and |
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WHEREAS, At the present time, the Texas Legislature has |
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absolutely no desire or intention whatsoever for Congress to call |
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an Article V convention of a general and unlimited nature; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby rescinds the |
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application to Congress made by Senate Concurrent Resolution 4, |
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Acts of the 26th Legislature, Regular Session, 1899, pursuant to |
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Article V, for the calling of an open-ended convention to propose |
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federal constitutional amendments, as reprinted in the |
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Congressional Record of December 11, 1899, at page 219; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the vice president of the United States |
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(in his capacity as presiding officer of the United States Senate), |
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to the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and to |
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all members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request |
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that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional |
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Record as a rescission of the application to Congress of the 26th |
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Texas Legislature requesting an indeterminate constitutional |
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convention. |