Form with which the secretary of a corporation notifies all necessary parties of the date, time, and place of a special meeting of the board of directors.
Form with which the secretary of a corporation notifies all necessary parties of the date, time, and place of a special meeting of the board of directors.
This most frequently occurs in order to complete unfinished tasks for the year (often delayed by conflict between political parties), such as outlining the government's budget for the next fiscal year, biennium, or other period. Special sessions may also be called during an economic downturn in order to cut the budget.
On average, Texas has one to three special sessions per legislative cycle. Some governors have preferred to avoid calling special sessions, while others have called many of them.
The Texas Constitution does not limit the number of special sessions a governor may call in between two regular legislative sessions. Does there have to be a break between special sessions? No. The Governor may call special sessions back-to-back.
After the end of a regular session and before the start of the next regular session, the Governor may call a special session to cover specific topics. Special sessions can last no longer than 30 days and are limited to the topics designated by the Governor (Texas Constitution Article 3, Section 40).
Extraordinary Session. A special legislative session called by the Governor by proclamation to address only those issues specified in the proclamation; also referred to as a special session.
In every US state special sessions may also be called, but in some states the power rests solely with the governor. These states are Alabama, Arkansas, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, and Vermont.
Only the governor can call a special session, but their power is otherwise rather limited in the Texas Legislature. The governor outlines emergency items, or priorities. During the first 60 calendar days of a legislative session, lawmakers can pass only legislation related to the governor's emergency items.
The General and Special Laws of Texas, often referred to as the "session laws," constitute a complete set of all bills passed into law by each session of the Texas Legislature. The Secretary of State assigns each Act a chapter number.