Bill Text: TX HJR12 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing legislative action at any time during a regular session of the legislature on a bill that extends the existence of an agency, commission, or advisory committee following legislative review.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR12 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HJR12-Introduced.html
88R2066 MAW-D | ||
By: Klick | H.J.R. No. 12 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing legislative | ||
action at any time during a regular session of the legislature on a | ||
bill that extends the existence of an agency, commission, or | ||
advisory committee following legislative review. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 5, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b) of this section, the | ||
Legislature may at any time during a regular session act on any bill | ||
that extends the existence of an agency, commission, or advisory | ||
committee following legislative review. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Subsections [ |
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of this section, either House may determine its order of business by | ||
an affirmative vote of four-fifths of its membership. | ||
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 | ||
legislative action at any time during a regular session of the | ||
legislature on a bill that extends the existence of an agency, | ||
commission, or advisory committee following legislative review." |