Bill Text: WV SJR4 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing constitutional amendment designated Veto Session Amendment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-13 - To Judiciary [SJR4 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2013-SJR4-Introduced.html
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4
(By Senator Sypolt)
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[Introduced February 13, 2013; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending section fourteen, article VII thereof, relating to creating a veto session of the Legislature to consider bills vetoed by the Governor; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment.
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of the members elected to each house agreeing thereto:
That the question of ratification or rejection of an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be submitted to the voters of the state at the next general election to be held in the year 2014, which proposed amendment is that section fourteen, article VII thereof be amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE VII. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
§14. Governor’s approval or disapproval of bills passed by the Legislature.
Subject to the provisions of section fifteen of this article, every bill passed by the Legislature shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the Governor. If he the Governor approves, he or she shall sign it, and thereupon it shall become a law; but if not, he the Governor shall return it, with his or her objections, to the house in which it originated, which house shall enter the objections at large upon its journal, and may proceed to reconsider the returned bill. Notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-one, article VI of this Constitution, any such the bill may be reconsidered even if the Legislature is at the time in extended session for the sole purpose of considering the budget bill, as specified in said section fifty-one. If, after any such reconsideration, a majority of the members elected to that house agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections of the Governor to the other house, by which it may likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by a majority of the members elected to that house, it shall become a law, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor. If upon any such reconsideration the bill is amended and reenacted, then it shall be again sent to the Governor and he or she shall act upon it as if it were before him or her for the first time. In all cases, the vote of each house shall be determined by yeas and nays to be entered on the journal.
Any bill which shall not be is not returned by the Governor within five days, Sundays excepted, after it shall have been is presented to him or her shall be a law, in the same manner as if he or she had signed it, unless the Legislature shall, by adjournment sine die, prevent its return, in which case it shall be filed with his or her objections in the office of the Secretary of State within fifteen days, Sundays excepted, after such adjournment, or become a law. Upon approval of this amendment, there shall be a veto session of the Legislature of no less than one day nor more than three days, to commence no later than forty-five days after the end of the regular session of the Legislature, in which the Legislature may meet to reconsider or override the veto of any bill by the Governor. The Legislature may provide by general law the manner of procedure for a veto session.
Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of article eleven, chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, the proposed amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment No. 1" and designated as the "Veto Session Amendment" and the purpose of the proposed amendment is summarized as follows: "To amend section fourteen, article VII of the State Constitution so as to provide for a veto session of the Legislature in which to consider bills vetoed by the Governor."
NOTE: The purpose of this resolution is to propose an amendment to section fourteen, article VII of the West Virginia Constitution, relating to creating a veto session of the Legislature to consider bills vetoed by the Governor.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present Constitution, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
