Bill Text: TX HJR28 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing legislative action at any time during a regular session on a bill that extends the existence of an agency, commission, or advisory committee following legislative review.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-20 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR28 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HJR28-Introduced.html

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85R2022 MAW-D
By: Gonzales of Williamson H.J.R. No. 28

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing legislative
action at any time during a regular session 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), 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 [Subsection] (b) and (b-1),
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, 2017.
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 on a bill
that extends the existence of an agency, commission, or advisory
committee following legislative review."