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|               "<u>A.</u>  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|               <u>B.</u>  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 <s>[as herein provided]</s> <u>by three-fifths
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<u></u>0017| <u>    of the members present and voting in each house by yea and nay
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<u></u>0018| <u>    vote entered upon its journal</u>."
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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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