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85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 38 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 38

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate rescinding 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.
Date: May 16, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 34 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 34

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the service of certain officeholders after the expiration of the person's term of office.
Date: May 25, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 6 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 6

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to require a court to provide notice to the attorney general of a challenge to the constitutionality of a state statute and authorizing the legislature to prescribe a waiting period before the court may enter a judgment holding the statute unconstitutional.
Date: May 25, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 1 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 1

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a first responder who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.
Date: May 25, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 60 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 60

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a lower amount for expenses that can be charged to a borrower and removing certain financing expense limitations for a home equity loan, establishing certain authorized lenders to make a home equity loan, changing certain options for the refinancing of home equity loans, changing the threshold for an advance of a home equity line of credit, and allowing home equity loans on agricultural homesteads.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 2 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 2

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress.
Date: May 11, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
System: The Portal to Texas History