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  By: Birdwell S.J.R. No. 63
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
  to consider legislation on any subject during a special session.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 40, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 40.  (a) When the legislature is [Legislature shall be]
  convened in a special session, the legislature may consider [there
  shall be no] legislation on any subject, including the [upon]
  subjects [other than those] designated in the proclamation of the
  governor [Governor] calling the [such] session, or presented to the
  legislature [them] by the governor.
         (b)  No special [Governor; and no such] session shall be of
  longer duration than thirty days.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
  legislature to consider legislation on any subject during a special
  session."