0001| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 22
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0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| WILLIAM E. PORTER
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0010| A JOINT RESOLUTION
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0011| PROPOSING TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO PROVIDE
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0012| FOR AN OVERRIDE SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE TO CONSIDER
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0013| LEGISLATION VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR; REQUIRING A THREE-FIFTHS
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0014| MAJORITY TO OVERRIDE LINE-ITEM VETOES.
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0016| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017| Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article 4, Section 22
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0018| of the constitution of New Mexico to read:
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0019| "A. Every bill passed by the legislature shall,
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0020| before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor for
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0021| approval. If he approves, he shall sign it, and deposit it
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0022| with the secretary of state; otherwise, he shall return it to
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0023| the house in which it originated, with his objections, which
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0024| shall be entered at large upon the journal; and such bill
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0025| shall not become a law unless thereafter approved by
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0001| two-thirds of the members present and voting in each house by
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0002| yea and nay vote entered upon its journal. Any bill not
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0003| returned by the governor within three days, Sundays excepted,
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0004| after being presented to him, shall become a law, whether
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0005| signed by him or not, unless the legislature by adjournment
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0006| prevent such return. Every bill presented to the governor
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0007| during the last three days of the session shall be approved by
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0008| him within twenty days after the adjournment and shall be by
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0009| him immediately deposited with the secretary of state. Unless
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0010| so approved and signed by him such bill shall not become a
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0011| law.
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0012| B. The governor may in like manner approve or
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0013| disapprove any part or parts, item or items, of any bill
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0014| appropriating money, and such parts or items approved shall
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0015| become a law, and such as are disapproved shall be void unless
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0016| passed over his veto [as herein provided] by three-fifths
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0017| of the members present and voting in each house by yea and nay
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0018| vote entered upon its journal."
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0019| Section 2. It is proposed to amend Article 4 of the
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0020| constitution of New Mexico by adding a new Section 43 to read:
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0021| "Thirty days after a regular, special or extraordinary
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0022| session of the legislature in which any bill presented to the
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0023| governor during the last three days of the session did not
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0024| become a law or if any part or item thereof was disapproved by
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0025| the governor, the legislature shall convene in an override
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0001| session. Each override session of the legislature shall begin
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0002| at 12:00 noon of the thirtieth day after the adjournment of
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0003| the regular, special or extraordinary session and shall remain
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0004| in session not to exceed five days. Override sessions shall
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0005| consider only bills and parts or items of bills vetoed by the
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0006| governor during the regular, special or extraordinary
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0007| session."
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0008| Section 3. The amendment proposed by this resolution
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0009| shall be submitted to the people for their approval or
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0010| rejection at the next general election or at any special
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0011| election prior to that date which may be called for that
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0012| purpose.
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