Tex. Gov't Code § 393.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Alternate delegate" means an individual appointed under Section 393.051 to represent this state as an alternate delegate at an Article V convention.
(2) "Article V convention" means a convention called by the United States Congress under Article V of the United States Constitution.
(3) "Delegate" means:
(A) an individual appointed under Section 393.051 to represent this state as a delegate at an Article V convention; or
(B) an alternate delegate who fills a vacancy in the office of the alternate delegate's paired delegate.
(4) "Unauthorized vote" means a vote cast by a delegate or alternate delegate at an Article V convention that:
(A) is contrary to the instructions adopted under Section 393.101 in effect at the time the vote is taken;
(B) exceeds the scope or subject matter of the Article V convention as authorized by the legislature in the application to the United States Congress to call the convention if the legislature made an application to call the convention; or
(C) exceeds the scope or subject matter of the Article V convention if the legislature did not make an application to the United States Congress to call the convention.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 442 (S.B. 21), Sec. 1, eff. June 6, 2017.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.393.htm
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