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  By: Lopez H.J.R. No. 13
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to
  override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 14, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 14.  (a) Every bill which shall have passed both houses
  of the Legislature shall be presented to the Governor for his
  approval. If he approve he shall sign it; but if he disapprove it,
  he shall return it, with his objections, to the House in which it
  originated, which House shall enter the objections at large upon
  its journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such
  reconsideration, two-thirds of the members present agree to pass
  the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the other House,
  by which likewise it shall be reconsidered; and, if approved by
  two-thirds of the members of that House, it shall become a law; but
  in such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas
  and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against the
  bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively.
         (b) If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor with
  his objections within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall
  have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner
  as if he had signed it, unless the Legislature, by its adjournment,
  prevent its return, in which case it shall be a law, unless he shall
  file the same, with his objections, in the office of the Secretary
  of State and give notice thereof by public proclamation within
  twenty days after such adjournment.
         (c) If any bill presented to the Governor contains several
  items of appropriation he may object to one or more of such items,
  and approve the other portion of the bill. In such case he shall
  append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the
  items to which he objects, and no item so objected to shall take
  effect. If the Legislature be in session, he shall transmit to the
  House in which the bill originated a copy of such statement and the
  items objected to shall be separately considered. If, on
  reconsideration, one or more of such items be approved by
  two-thirds of the members present of each House, the same shall be
  part of the law, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor. If
  any such bill, containing several items of appropriation, not
  having been presented to the Governor ten days (Sundays excepted)
  prior to adjournment, be in the hands of the Governor at the time of
  adjournment, he shall have twenty days from such adjournment within
  which to file objections to any items thereof in the office of the
  Secretary of State and make proclamation of the same, and such item
  or items shall not take effect.
         (d)  The Legislature shall meet to reconsider any bill
  disapproved by the Governor under this section or any item of
  appropriation in a bill to which the Governor objects under
  Subsection (c) of this section if the bill or statement of objection
  to the item of appropriation is:
               (1)  returned to the House in which the bill originated
  on or after the third day before the date of adjournment of the
  session at which the bill was passed; or
               (2)  filed in the office of the Secretary of State after
  the adjournment of the session at which the bill was passed.
         (e)  The period for reconsideration under Subsection (d) of
  this section begins at 10 a.m. on the day following the last day on
  which the Governor is authorized to file a disapproval or objection
  in the office of the Secretary of State and may not exceed five
  consecutive days. During this period, unless the Legislature has
  been called into special session by the Governor, the Legislature
  may not consider any subject other than the reconsideration of
  bills or items of appropriation described by Subsection (d) of this
  section. Reconsideration of a bill or item of appropriation during
  this period is conducted in the manner provided by Subsection (a) or
  (c) of this section, as applicable.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment to allow the
  legislature to override a veto of the governor following a
  legislative session."