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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment to remove the governor's |
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line-item veto authority. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 14, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 14. (a) Every bill which shall have passed both houses |
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of the Legislature shall be presented to the Governor for his |
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approval. If he approve he shall sign it; but if he disapprove it, |
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he shall return it, with his objections, to the House in which it |
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originated, which House shall enter the objections at large upon |
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its journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such |
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reconsideration, two-thirds of the members present agree to pass |
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the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the other House, |
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by which likewise it shall be reconsidered; and, if approved by |
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two-thirds of the members of that House, it shall become a law; but |
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in such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas |
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and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against the |
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bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. |
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(b) If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor with |
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his objections within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall |
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have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner |
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as if he had signed it, unless the Legislature, by its adjournment, |
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prevent its return, in which case it shall be a law, unless he shall |
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file the same, with his objections, in the office of the Secretary |
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of State and give notice thereof by public proclamation within |
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twenty days after such adjournment. [If any bill presented to the |
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Governor contains several items of appropriation he may object to |
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one or more of such items, and approve the other portion of the |
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bill. In such case he shall append to the Bill, at the time of |
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signing it, a statement of the items to which he objects, and no |
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item so objected to shall take effect. If the Legislature be in |
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session, he shall transmit to the House in which the bill originated |
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a copy of such statement and the items objected to shall be |
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separately considered. If, on reconsideration, one or more of such |
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items be approved by two-thirds of the members present of each |
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House, the same shall be part of the law, notwithstanding the |
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objections of the Governor. If any such bill, containing several |
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items of appropriation, not having been presented to the Governor |
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ten days (Sundays excepted) prior to adjournment, be in the hands of |
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the Governor at the time of adjournment, he shall have twenty days |
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from such adjournment within which to file objections to any items |
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thereof and make proclamation of the same, and such item or items |
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shall not take effect.] |
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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 7, 2023. |
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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 remove the |
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governor's line-item veto authority." |