SJR53 - Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to designate subjects for legislation during a special session.

  89R10639 MAW-D     By: Birdwell S.J.R. No. 53       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature   to designate subjects for legislation during a special session.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 40, Article III, Texas Constitution, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 40.   (a)   When the legislature is [ Legislature shall be ]   convened in a special session, the legislature may not consider   [ there shall be no ] legislation on a subject [ upon subjects ] other   than a subject [ those ] designated in the proclamation of the   governor [ Governor ] calling the [ such ] session, [ or ] presented to   the legislature [ them ] by the governor, or designated by either   house of the legislature by resolution approved by a two-thirds   vote of the members of that house. A subject designated by one   house of the legislature may be considered by the other house.           (b)  No special [ Governor; and no such ] session shall be of   longer duration than thirty days.          SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be   submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.   The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the   proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the   legislature to designate subjects for legislation during a special   session."