80th Legislature: It’s An Emergency!

Governor Rick Perry today declared more items “emergencies” since he is evidently afraid that the House won’t be able to pass ten bills in 60 days. Evidently, he slept through the last three or four sessions.

Here are the items he has deemed worthy of “emergency” status:

* The general appropriations bill;
* Legislation relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations;
* Legislation relating to making appropriations to the Texas Education Agency for the purpose of school district property tax rate reductions;
* Legislation relating to the management of the water resources of the state, including the protection of instream flows and freshwater inflows;
* Legislation relating to the allocation and use of the sporting goods sales tax revenue to fund state and local parks; and
* Legislation relating to the prosecution, punishment, and supervision of certain sex offenders and to certain crimes involving sex offenders.

Gee, that sounds a lot like the Villarreal Amendment now, doesn’t it?

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