Bill Text: TX HJR47 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the governor to convene the legislature in special session following certain disaster or emergency declarations and specifying the powers of the legislature in those special sessions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR47 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR47-Introduced.html
87R2403 JRJ-D | ||
By: Krause | H.J.R. No. 47 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the governor to | ||
convene the legislature in special session following certain | ||
disaster or emergency declarations and specifying the powers of the | ||
legislature in those special sessions. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 8, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The Governor shall convene the Legislature in special | ||
session for the purposes described by Subsection (d) of this | ||
section when the Governor proposes to renew an order or | ||
proclamation declaring a state of disaster or emergency. | ||
(d) In a special session convened under Subsection (c) of | ||
this section, the Legislature may: | ||
(1) renew or extend the state of disaster or | ||
emergency; | ||
(2) respond to the state of disaster or emergency, | ||
including by: | ||
(A) passing laws and resolutions the Legislature | ||
determines are related to the state of disaster or emergency; and | ||
(B) exercising the powers reserved to the | ||
Legislature under Section 28, Article I, of this Constitution; and | ||
(3) consider any other subjects stated in the | ||
Governor's proclamation convening the Legislature. | ||
(e) A state of disaster or emergency declared by the | ||
Governor may not continue for more than 30 days unless it is renewed | ||
or extended by the Legislature under Subsection (d) of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the governor | ||
to convene the legislature in special session following certain | ||
disaster or emergency declarations and specifying the powers of the | ||
legislature in those special sessions." |