85R837 CAE-F     By: Schofield H.J.R. No. 45       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature   to require a court to provide notice to the attorney general of a   challenge to the constitutionality of a state statute and   authorizing the legislature to prescribe a waiting period before   the court may enter a judgment holding the statute   unconstitutional.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by   adding Section 32 to read as follows:          Sec. 32.  Notwithstanding Section 1, Article II, the   legislature may:                (1)  require a court to provide notice to the attorney   general of a challenge to the constitutionality of a statute of this   state; and                 (2)  prescribe a reasonable period after the provision   of that notice during which the court may not enter a judgment   holding the statute unconstitutional.          SECTION 2.  The following temporary provision is added to   the Texas Constitution:          TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies   with respect to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th   Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, authorizing the legislature to   require a court to provide notice to the attorney general of a   challenge to the constitutionality of a state statute and   authorizing the legislature to prescribe a waiting period before   the court may enter a judgment holding the statute   unconstitutional.          (b)  Section 402.010, Government Code, as added by Chapter   808 (H.B. 2425), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session,   2011, and amended by Chapter 1162 (S.B. 392) and Chapter 1276 (H.B.   1435), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is   validated and effective on approval of the constitutional amendment   described by Subsection (a) of this temporary provision and applies   only to a petition, motion, or other pleading filed on or after   January 1, 2018.          (c)  This temporary provision expires January 2, 2018.          SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be   submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017.   The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the   proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the   legislature to require a court to provide notice to the attorney   general of a challenge to the constitutionality of a state statute   and authorizing the legislature to prescribe a waiting period   before the court may enter a judgment holding the statute   unconstitutional."