SJR 50, 65th R.S. history

SJR 50, 65th R.S.

Proposing an amendment to the Texas Constitution to delete the archaic reference to the "Deaf and Dumb Asylum," to allow certain products manufactured by handicapped individuals in nonprofit rehabilitation facilities to be purchased by the State of Texas and to eliminate the formality of involvement in such transactions by the Governor of Texas, the Secretary of State, and the Comptroller of Public Accounts of Texas.

Last action: Filed with the Secretary of State

Author: Chet Brooks
Sponsor: Gonzalo Barrientos

Session Law Chapter: Acts 1977, 65th R.S., SJR 50

Companion:

HJR 107 (Identical)

Gubernatorial documents:

Submitting emergency matters to the 65th Legislature: SJR 50, proposing an amendment to the Texas Constitution; SB 874, relating to issuing certificates of indebtedness by certain counties for the purpose of providing funds for jail facilities; SB 1208, relating to contracts between certain cities, towns, and districts, or nonprofit corporations; SB 1306, relating to the authority of certain hospital authorities to sell property to other political subdivisions; and SB 1311, relating to creation of the Kleberg County Hospital District, of Kleberg County, Texas

Subjects:
Disabilities, Persons with
Purchasing--State
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments

House Committee: Constitutional Amendments ()
Senate Committee: Human Resources ()
Minutes: April 13 1977 | April 14 1977 | April 19 1977 | April 21 1977

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