88(R) HJR 35 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	88R1651 TJB-F
	By:  Vasut	H.J.R.  No.  35

	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	rescinding the automatic rescission of certain applications made by
	the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a
	national convention under Article V of the United States
	Constitution for proposing any amendment to that constitution.
	WHEREAS, The 85th Legislature of the State of Texas, Regular
	Session, 2017, enacted S.J.R. No.  38 to officially rescind, repeal,
	revoke, cancel, void, and nullify certain applications from Texas
	legislatures prior to the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017,
	that apply to the United States Congress for the calling of a
	convention under Article V of the United States Constitution; and
	WHEREAS, S.J.R. No.  38 additionally provided that any
	application to the United States Congress for the calling of a
	convention under Article V of the United States Constitution that
	is submitted by the Texas Legislature during or after the Regular
	Session of the 85th Legislature will be automatically rescinded,
	repealed, revoked, canceled, voided, and nullified if the
	applicable convention is not called on or before the eighth
	anniversary of the date the last legislative vote is taken on the
	application; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas,
	Regular Session, 2023, hereby officially rescinds, repeals,
	revokes, cancels, voids, and nullifies the provision of S.J.R.
	No.  38 that provided for the automatic rescission, repeal,
	revocation, cancellation, voiding, and nullification of any
	application from the Texas Legislature after the eighth anniversary
	of the date the last legislative vote was taken on the application;
	and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
	copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
	the speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, to
	the vice president of the United States in the vice president's
	capacity as the presiding officer of the Senate of the United States
	at the office located in the United States Capitol Building, and to
	all members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request
	that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional
	Record.