By: Elkins	H.J.R. No. 145

	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to
	override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  SECTION 14, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 14.  (a)  Every bill which shall have passed both
	houses of the Legislature shall be presented to the Governor for his
	approval. If he approve he shall sign it; but if he disapprove it,
	he shall return it, with his objections, to the House in which it
	originated, which House shall enter the objections at large upon
	its journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such
	reconsideration, two-thirds of the members present agree to pass
	the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the other House,
	by which likewise it shall be reconsidered; and, if approved by
	two-thirds of the members of that House, it shall become a law; but
	in such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas
	and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against the
	bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively.
	(b)  If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor with
	his objections within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall
	have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner
	as if he had signed it, unless the Legislature, by its adjournment,
	prevent its return, in which case it shall be a law, unless he shall
	file the same, with his objections, in the office of the Secretary
	of State and give notice thereof by public proclamation within
	twenty days after such adjournment.
	(c)  If any bill presented to the Governor contains several
	items of appropriation he may object to one or more of such items,
	and approve the other portion of the bill. In such case he shall
	append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the
	items to which he objects, and no item so objected to shall take
	effect. If the Legislature be in session, he shall transmit to the
	House in which the bill originated a copy of such statement and the
	items objected to shall be separately considered. If, on
	reconsideration, one or more of such items be approved by
	two-thirds of the members present of each House, the same shall be
	part of the law, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor. If
	any such bill, containing several items of appropriation, not
	having been presented to the Governor ten days (Sundays excepted)
	prior to adjournment, be in the hands of the Governor at the time of
	adjournment, he shall have twenty days from such adjournment within
	which to file objections to any items thereof and make proclamation
	of the same, and such item or items shall not take effect.
	(d)  The Legislature shall meet to reconsider any bill
	disapproved by the Governor under Subsection (a) of this section or
	any item of appropriation in a bill to which the Governor objects
	under Subsection (c) of this section if the bill or statement of
	objection to the item of appropriation is:
	(1)  returned to the House in which the bill originated
	on or after the third day before the date of adjournment of the
	session at which the bill was passed; or
	(2)  filed with the Secretary of State after the
	adjournment of the session at which the bill was passed.
	(e)  The period for reconsideration under Subsection (d) of
	this section begins at 10 a.m. on the day following the last day on
	which the Governor is authorized to file a disapproval or objection
	with the Secretary of State and may not exceed five consecutive
	days. During this period, unless the Legislature has been called
	into special session by the Governor, the Legislature may not
	consider any subject other than the reconsideration of bills or
	items of appropriation described by Subsection (d) of this section.
	Reconsideration of a bill or item of appropriation during this
	period is conducted in the manner provided by Subsection (a) or (c)
	of this section, as applicable.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015.
	The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
	proposition: "The constitutional amendment to allow the
	legislature to override a veto of the governor following a
	legislative session."