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62nd LEGISLATURE-2nd CALLED SESSION
50. When the time arrives for sine die adjournment, each House shall
give notice to the Governor that it has completed its labors and stands
ready to adjourn sine die, and the fact of such notice shall be recorded in
the Journals of the respective Houses.
SUSPENDING THE JOINT RULES
51. Except as otherwise provided herein, no provision contained in the
Joint Rules shall be suspended except by concurrent resolution passed by
both Houses by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting in
each House, with the yeas and nays on each such vote to be recorded in
the Journals of the respective Houses.
Sec. 2. Due to practical difficulties in the transition to new pro-
cedures, Joint Rules 22, 23, and 24 shall not be mandatory until the Regular
Session of the 63rd Legislature; thereafter, to be in full force and effect.
Adopted by the Senate on March 28, 1972; Senate concurred in House
Amendments on March 30, 1972, by a viva voce vote; adopted by the
House on March 30, 1972, with amendments.
Filed with the Secretary of State, April 19, 1972.
LEGISLATIVE INTENT-HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 61
S. C. R. No. 10
WHEREAS, House Joint Resolution No. 61, proposing an amendment to
Article XVII of the Constitution of the State of Texas, to provide that the
63rd Legislature elected in November, 1972, establish a constitutional re-
vision commission and act as a constitutional convention to propose a re-
vised Constitution to the voters of Texas, was adopted by the 62nd Legis-
lature, Regular Session, and is to be submitted to a vote of the qualified
voters of this State at an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1972; and
WHEREAS, In passing House Joint Resolution No. 61, the Texas Legis-
lature implied but did not include the stipulation that each resolution
adopted by such a proposed constitutional convention as a revision of the
existing Constitution, be submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of the
State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, By the Senate of the State of Texas, the House of Repre-
sentatives concurring, that it was the intent of the 62nd Legislature that
should House Joint Resolution No. 61 be adopted by the voters as an
amendment to the Texas Constitution, all resolutions adopted by two-
thirds vote of the constitutional convention as provided for in Subsection
(e), Section 2, of House Joint Resolution No. 61, shall be submitted to a
vote of the qualified voters of the State before any one or all of such pro-
posed amendments to, or revisions of, the Texas Constitution shall become
effective.
Adopted by the Senate on March 30, 1972; adopted by the House on
March 30, 1972.
Filed with the Secretary of State, April 17, 1972.42
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