Texas Constitutional Convention Updates
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Section 1. Each County Administrative Council shall appoint one representative to the National Assembly. Representatives shall serve a four-year term and may be recalled by the County Administrative Council at any time. Financial compensation shall be determined by and paid by the County Administrative Council which appointed the representative.
Section 2. Three-fourths of the entire National Assembly shall form a quorum. All acts or decisions must have two-thirds approval of the entire body to be effective.
Section 3. The national assembly may establish procedures, rules, and regulations only for the administration and implementation of the functions listed in this section. The national assembly shall:
a. Establish appropriate regulations for the control of government agents or agencies in the maintenance of those existing publicly owned rights of way which extend beyond the boundaries of any one county. This authority for maintenance is strictly limited to those publicly owned rights of way existing at the time of ratification of this constitution. There shall be no authority to regulate the use of publicly owned rights of way.
b. Approve or reject treaties as proposed by the President.
c. Establish uniform standards for maintaining public records.
d. Issue foreign travel documents on request of any Texas citizen and maintain records of same.
e. Confirm or deny appointments of Texas Rangers.
f. Establish uniform standards for all elections.
g. Establish rules of and publish all records of National Assembly proceedings.
h. Operate and maintain facilities for National Assembly use.
i. Terminate or extend presidential declarations of war within twenty days and every six months thereafter.
Section 4. The National Assembly shall meet in session no less than one month in a calendar year but no more than three consecutive months in any calendar year. In extraordinary circumstances, the National Assembly may be called into session by the approval of no less than two-thirds of the County Administrative Councils.
Section 5. The National Assembly shall approve or deny annual budgets submitted by the National Executive Council and the national courts.
Section 6. The National Assembly shall prepare and provide a copy of the annual budget for the national government to each County Administrative Council.
Section 7. The National Assembly may authorize the National Executive Council to purchase real property in foreign nations for embassy use only, with the title to be held in the name of the nation of Texas.
Section 8. Foreign governments may own no more than ten acres of real property within Texas, to be used only for embassies, and only with the express permission of the National Assembly.
Copyright at Common Law, West El Paso Information Network, 1998
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