Bill Text: TX SJR59 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to nullify an order, rule, policy, or similar measure adopted by the executive branch of the federal government that exceeds the authority granted by the United States Constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Referred to State Affairs [SJR59 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SJR59-Introduced.html
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| By: Campbell | S.J.R. No. 59 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | ||
| to nullify an order, rule, policy, or similar measure adopted by the | ||
| executive branch of the federal government that exceeds the | ||
| authority granted by the United States Constitution. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 68 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 68. The legislature without the approval of the | ||
| governor may nullify an executive order, agency rule or policy, or | ||
| similar measure adopted by an official or entity within the | ||
| executive branch of the federal government, if the legislature by a | ||
| vote of two-thirds of the membership of each house determines that | ||
| the order, rule, policy, or measure exceeds the authority granted | ||
| to the executive branch by the United States Constitution. An | ||
| order, rule, policy, or measure nullified by the legislature has no | ||
| legal effect in this state and may not be enforced or recognized as | ||
| having legal effect by this state or a political subdivision of this | ||
| state. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | ||
| legislature to nullify an order, rule, policy, or similar measure | ||
| adopted by an official or entity within the executive branch of the | ||
| federal government that exceeds the authority granted to that | ||
| branch by the United States Constitution." | ||
