Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

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1	1	81R12730 BPG-F
2	2	By: Christian H.C.R. No. 116
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5	5	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
6	6	WHEREAS, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery
7	7	and Reinvestment Act of 2009 into law on February 17, 2009; and
8	8	WHEREAS, This legislation will result in $787 billion of
9	9	stimulus spending by the federal government through state and local
10	10	units of government, and this extraordinary increase in spending
11	11	will burden future generations of Americans with unprecedented
12	12	levels of debt; and
13	13	WHEREAS, Texas has built its economic strength through low
14	14	taxation, a balanced budget, and a predictable regulatory climate;
15	15	as a result of its fiscally conservative approach, the state has
16	16	created 393,300 jobs over the past two years, which is 124,300 more
17	17	jobs than it is estimated that the federal stimulus spending will
18	18	create or save in Texas over the next two years; and
19	19	WHEREAS, The size of government in the state could grow by $16
20	20	billion as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
21	21	2009; this expansion is fundamentally at odds with the fiscally
22	22	sound approach that has made Texas the nation's largest creator of
23	23	private sector jobs and the nation's biggest exporter; and
24	24	WHEREAS, Texas can retain the strength of its economy by
25	25	ensuring that federal stimulus funds are not used to create new
26	26	government programs or expand existing programs; because federal
27	27	stimulus funds will not be available in future years, any new
28	28	programs that are created will eventually have to be funded by state
29	29	tax revenues that are needed for meeting constitutional obligations
30	30	and providing essential services; now, therefore, be it
31	31	RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
32	32	hereby direct all state agencies to ensure that federal stimulus
33	33	funding is used only to finance one-time, non-recurring expenses
34	34	that do not require permanent changes to Texas law; and, be it
35	35	further
36	36	RESOLVED, That counties, cities, school districts, and other
37	37	local governments that receive federal stimulus funds also ensure
38	38	that federal stimulus funding is used only to finance one-time,
39	39	non-recurring expenses that do not require permanent changes to
40	40	Texas law; and, be it further
41	41	RESOLVED, That federal stimulus funds received by the State
42	42	of Texas not impact the maintenance of effort required by any public
43	43	health, public education, or welfare program to attract federal
44	44	matching funds in the future; and, be it further
45	45	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward copies of
46	46	this resolution to the governor of the State of Texas, to every
47	47	agency of the state that is expected to receive federal stimulus
48	48	funding, and to every county, city, school district, and special
49	49	district that is currently authorized to levy a tax; and, be it
50	50	further
51	51	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
52	52	copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
53	53	the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the
54	54	senate of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the
55	55	Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this resolution
56	56	be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to
57	57	the Congress of the United States of America.