Committee Voted Against Approval No 4-1 Pct 2746
WHEREAS the Texas Constitution, Article 4, Section 8(a) gives the Governor the exclusive power to convene the legislature on extraordinary occasions to address unfinished business or matters of urgency; and
WHEREAS Florida, Nevada, and other states, who meet for regular session every year, enable their legislators to convene their legislatures on extraordinary occasions; and
WHEREAS the Texas legislature only convenes in regular session for 140 days in every odd year; and
WHEREAS the citizens of Texas are denied remedies of extreme importance to their health, employment, and well-being when the Governor is reluctant to convene the legislature to take up and resolve matters of urgency such as banning gender modification of children, imposing criminal penalties for election fraud, and banning COVID vaccines & masks mandates being requirements for employment ins Texas: and
WHEREAS the legislators are the closet representatives of the people; and
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that an we support that an Amendment be added to the Texas Constitution Article 4, Section 8 that legislators may also convene the legislature on extraordinary occasions to address specific matters of urgency by a petition signed by a majority of the members in both chambers: and
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED the Texas Legislature put this Amendment before the people for a vote.
This resolution was approved by Precinct of County, in Senate
District # on 2022 to be presented to the
County Convention