Bill Text: TX HCR77 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Concurrent Resolution 77 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Reaffirming Texas' sovereignty under the Texas Constitution and the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 11)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select [HCR77 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HCR77-Introduced.html

	83R10112 BPG-F

	By: White	H.C.R. No. 77



	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, The Republic of Texas existed as an independent
	nation for nine years, and when it accepted admission to the Union
	in 1845, it remained a free and independent state subject only to
	the United States Constitution; and
	WHEREAS, The United States Congress has passed laws requiring
	Texas to make expenditures that are unfunded by the federal
	government, which is a violation of the Tenth Amendment to the U.S.
	Constitution; moreover, the federal government has caused the
	intentional devaluation of its currency through its reckless
	spending and borrowing, and this threatens the economic stability
	of Texas; and
	WHEREAS, The United States government has allowed the use of
	its authority, credit, and goodwill for the benefit of private and
	foreign concerns in violation of its own constitution; in addition,
	its repeated failure to guard the border between Texas and Mexico
	has forced the state to spend vast sums in order to protect its
	citizens; and
	WHEREAS, The federal government has further implemented
	thousands of laws, mandates, and agencies in violation of the
	United States Constitution and of the sovereignty of the State of
	Texas; and
	WHEREAS, Section 1, Article I, Texas Constitution, states
	that "the perpetuity of the Union depend[s] upon the preservation
	of the right of local self-government, unimpaired to all the
	States"; Section 2, Article I, declares, "All political power is
	inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on
	their authority, and instituted for their benefit. The faith of the
	people of Texas stands pledged to the preservation of a republican
	form of government, and, subject to this limitation only, they have
	at all times the inalienable right to alter, reform or abolish their
	government in such manner as they may think expedient"; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas
	hereby reaffirm the state's sovereignty under the Texas
	Constitution and the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the
	United States; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
	copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
	the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
	Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
	members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
	this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record
	as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.