OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

ative date of Bouae Aat of S&h Leg48th **343gblatur8.**

of the 3enste

a/ Bob Darker secretary 0Y cm3 3eaat.o a/ F'rlce Drnlel Speaker of the iiouae of Eiepre8eatative8,. 

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$&ah 24, **1943, by**  the folloving Votes 

### Yeas 102, Nwa 5. /a/ Clsrenae Jane* i&et Clerk of the house of ’ Repressntatives PILRDnIT3RoFFIcPoF SIX SxoRETAxYOFSTATX THIS 2nd lax OFA it 1943
a/ Coke R. Stevenson A~',~WS&=~~&kRU'=S P $earetsry of State Oovernor n
The bill containa 

### an eamrgenay **clause.** Seotlan 

### 39 of Article Ilx of the 

### Constituttiuuof Ga8, reads as 

### r0lm8 a

"X6 .tiv passed by the Iagialature, exoept the genwal appropriation aat, shsll tske effeot or go into forae until nS.natg dsr8 sSter the adjournment of the semdon at vhisia It vas enssted, unless ln aase OSan emergemay, vhlah emergenay mustbeM~eased.S.naprssabl.e or in the body OS the 

### rot, the &@laturo shall, 

### by vote OStvathuds OS all themembers abatedto la ah B~use, othervise direct; Mid tote to be takea by Teas and nays, 

### and **entered** upan the journsls.” Zn sm apln$om of tbls departmsnt dated Idaroh 26, 1922, by ths Honorable Wallace lifmklna, **Assistant** Attorney ffeneral, vhlah opinion vs8 approved by the Romorablo U. **A.** Keelfae, Attorney Genersl, it Yamheld tbst Were 

### 8 bill aarrylne sn ewprey alwse and dlreatiq that it beaame 4ffeatlve an a date aertain, passes the House and &n&e 

### under suspsnslon OS the rule requiring bills to be resd on three seversl dsys, 

### or ps88es both houses 

### vith three several days’

. aon8idWsticui, and the flnsl psssage in either ‘instsnao is by recorded tvo-thirds v6tc. the bill becanes effective as direotsd by the Legislature, **but** ii in final ptmsage the House or 3enat.s concurs in an sSnaidrPsnt it must be by tvo-thirds vote tskan by yeas and nsys and a& vote entered OS reoord in tha journals, before such bill cS0 become eftectlvs as an **emergenay** measure.. 

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Ih&artment 0S Agriculture, psge 3

In 

### the opinion above referred 

### to it vas saldr 

### 90 hold that & tvo-thirds 

### reaordedvote is unneoesaar~ in oorrourring on 

### suoh amendmentYe mustaonolude thatin saaneprior stage air the prooeduro of 

### a bill It vas ilnally psssedd, %vo lines OSauthor&t188 exist ou the defhltlon oi rlnsl P-We* UUls the vomiing ,oi our statute is auffib&e& 

### to support the sozaaluslon above, yet lf it be neaessar~ 

### to adhere to 

### or resirrt one ol the two lines OS&nthoritles asntLone6 ve vould smbmerths holbtngtbstvotlnguponsuah snsmsndment as ve have bef0re.us Is voting u+n the final pesoage or the bill.' Jlnoe the renditlan of this dspsrtaent~s opinion ti, 1922 the tvo bigbest oourta of Texas hsve followed tr?e sazue rule 8s eunaunoad fn that~ opinhxh

In EXpsrte Mcry, 40 9. W. (2d) 

### 811, the Court of CrlaUnal Appeala.of Texas In 1931, Ln passing Npon 8 8i1ULer~ question to the one vith vhlah ve'are hare aonoerned, said: ,~

. It seems enough to ray thst a 

### reasanbbls &id*l~g,giaal lnterprstatlon or the .aamtrollln$ 

### provisionof the Constitution of this state aaufore upon t&e Legislature both the power, by a reaorti vote vlth majority or tvo-thirds or the members of each house, to ahauge the tine within vhlah an aat of the Legislature llvryordlnsrll7 beaoasp: effective, and requires that they exsrCLSOsudh autharlty and povsr at the time vhen they beaome avsre of the ternq ot the law as flnally agreed upon. Previous gctlon up- a 5111 % its ieltiaf stages, before purterial md rsdlcsl absnges have been nods, vould not aontrol." In Caplea v. Cole, 102 3. W. (2d) 173, the Supreme Court of Texas in 1937, ln an opinion vrltten by Jurtiae 3bsrp, with reference to a sIpilsr question vlth vbiah ve are here amaerned, saldr

*This precise question has never been before this oourt for decision. A conflict has arisen by reasoa af EMopinion rendered by the court or Civil .+peals 3t Zort Worth, in the case...



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## and M OpipiOP renderedby t~‘Couz%~tC~imfnalA~ala iatha case of XX l&y, ll8 Tui~Cr. R. 165, 40 3. W. (26) 11. IA tha Wilaoa Case the Court oi Clvllhppealahald,I.noiieot, thattha9aaaa2a of abill rsuulred to be takan by 

### ayes ad nays is tha 

### rot.by *hLohWoh houu 8da9ta

### it:aiter final ,rWdln& and not~th8tvote by vhloh tha house la vhfoh it arfgirvkd may subarqcently oonaur in mmta aadai~br the other house. !thla 

### ease did not rbmch th0 Suprenu, Court,80 far as our 

### recordsahav,aad the 

### ho&kingthmeln hna never been approved 0 diaagprovsd’by thla aomt. In the &lay

### Case tha Court ot Crimlzial Appoala held, in aubatana8, that a 

### auhatitutebill, dlffarent froa tha orl&nal bill, and 

### not passed by a record 

### vote d1011ing,OQOQW~~~CO 

### 0r .tv0-thud8 or th0 bgialatuve, ,vaa lnefr0ctiv0 88 in amergonoy maaauro; and that the pouer to make an emarganay 

### ~aaure muat,k axemired vhan the k@.alaturo begoars ar8ro.d the torma ocntalned in tha bill 8a SInally agreed i~ponand passed. !Ihe Court of ,Clvil&w8la follovad the rula a~ouaoad bp tha 

### Court of OrimLnalAppsalain the May Case, and .haldthat the vote upon tha asendamnta,and not tha vote t&pmthe original bill, vould oontrol.



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. . . . 9nMklerrorr,ve agreevith th0 the CourtcfCx’lminalA9peale in the hold that this bill 

### bsoamaeffeotiva 

### how OS xay ma., and Umadlatoly ast0r 

### ftr paaa~ge. It is olear ‘that the objeot of the provision cf the Constitution above quoted i8 ribat if ttbill i8 t0 th 

## 0sr88tb5dm0iy 

### on itspassage,

## it nuat

## contain an emergbnop clause, aab awh bill must be passed by a vote or 

### two-thirds ol all the numbers olaotad to eaoh house, and 

### auuhVote to be taken by yeas and 

### nays und entered u9M the journals. Wethink the rule prcacribed bg the Constitution also a99ll.e~ to 

### amendments

and reporta of conference oommlttws. If tfiia were not true, It is quite obvioua how tha rule could be abused. A hax%uleaabill night be 

### parsec ia it8 inception bp the requlalte vote,

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Depactmento?Agriuultur8,pa~ 5

the 

### 3enate.Bill 3.34, Acts of~the 48th Legislature, 

### passed Senate by a votp of 27 

### yeas and-0 

### nays. Thereafter it vaa

_ _ 

### sent to theHou88vher8 It vaa aa8ncieci and paaeU 

### a8 aaena8Q by 

### a vote of 102 yeas 

### and 5 nay% The bill was then rsturn8d to the Senate vbere the liouse amendnenta were ooncurred in by (L

### VlV8.VoO8Vote,as reflected on page ,574 of the Senate Journal. andthenbe radfcallyamendedf3ndsucharaendmento ba put into lmmdl~te offoot without tha 

### voter-tired by 

### the Conatitutlon~ If auoh Were the rule, tha vok on the originalbillwouldoontrol as to vhethm it beam8 a lav lmmdlat8lp artec its final 

### passage,and not th8 f+rral 

### vote aubaequsntly taken on th8 mmndmenta 9;laoed thereon by the other branch of the Leglrlature, and the plain provision of the Courtitutlon fMUidn8 

### that it be adoptedby l vote of 

### two-thirdsof all 

### thamombareai oathbotuo, in order to deolaro an omergonay,

oould 

### be wradodrm

It 

### la thereforethe opinionof this department **that Senate**  

### BillHo. 134,&to of the 48th 

### Legialaturro, la not offeotive as an 8m8rgenoy mamu- 

### as the Sonat. Journal fails tO reflect that such maawe reuelved the required tvo-thirds vote of the San8te and fails to 

### refleotthat the fInal Vote oar taken by 

### ayes end naya as requlmd by Section 

### 39 of ASi-~ 018 III of the constitution of Texas.

&'Isglalatwe adjouriml on Hay 11, l943, &rb t& bill b8okaea 8ffeative ninety full days after auoh date. ~:

With refezenae to 

### &use Bill IIo. 52, Aota of 

### the 48th Legialat~8, ve have maa.ned the dOcum8nt as 

### filed ie the offlc8 or the Secretary of State and rind the 

### f~l.l~Vln& oertificatsa and notations endorsed on same:

/ John Lee Smith /a/ Price Daniel eeldent of the 

### senate Speaker OS the Eouae *I hereby 

### certirpthat 3. 8. No. 522 vaa pass

### ed by 

### th8 House onApril 8, 1943, by tha fo1lovl.q votec Yeas 112, Nay8 6. /a/ Clarence Jmea Chiei 

### Clerk of the House

### 'Xhereby beatify that li. B. lo. 52 vaa pass**ed by**  **the Swat@**  **on April**  **21, W3,**  by the iollovfng vote: **Yes8** 26, ilay 0. s/ Bob Barker Seoratary **of the**  **S8te** 'JlPiJRov3Dr Data

**Governor** PILED IH 5 OFFICEOF

TM( SE’ORETARY

‘3FSTATE !FBIS3rd MY OFXUY**1943** PE ll O’CLGCX

Am **30 ~I**  **l6ImPRa~**

**Thhe House** Journal rsfZeote On **&a** 1580-1681 that the bill vaa **jMaaod**by that body by a **Vote** of 102 ayes u agUru& 7 **nays** on **.;prll 8,**  **1943.** It **vaa** passed **b** of 26 yeas vith no naye on April 21, $ the 3anato bj- a vote, **883 of**  **the 3enate**  **Journal.** 19 **3,** as refleotaa on page

It :a observed that the bill vaa illed in the ofiioe of the Searotary of State on May **3,** 1943, without the algnat* of the 

### Oovvrmr. **1943.** The bill was therefore effective on X&y **3,**

**Uhet** vaa said ln this de~artment*a opkmn Xo. O-f&7, which opinion vamaddressed to the Somrable Sidney I&thmn, @eo- ~~:: rotary **Of &kt@,**  **uaciar date**  **of** June 1, 1943, 

### i8 likeViSeap&- oable in thla instlnce. In that opinion it vaa aaldr

“Thho reasoa r”or this anmmr la that the tventy days **alloved** to the Governor **Und8r** the olraumetanoes stated by you vltnin which **to file**  the Bill Vlth his objections or approval are dnya of grace or prlvllsge of time ulthln vhlch he may exerolae his discretion of executive approval or disapproval. When, however, even though sizort 2f that period. he has exercisea his prerogative, te has fully f*mctioned, the matter is **out of**  **hi8 COAX**  trol, and the Biil bacoslesel’f ’native according tO

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