82R3603 JJT-D
By: Raymond H.J.R. No. 144
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the dedication by
general law of revenue of or money received by this state and money
held in or deposited to an account or fund inside or outside the
state treasury and the authorized expenditure or appropriation of
revenue or money dedicated by general law.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 25 to read as follows:
Sec. 25. (a) The legislature by general law may dedicate
to one or more particular purposes the appropriation or expenditure
of:
(1) revenue of, or money received by, this state from
one or more particular sources; or
(2) money held in or deposited to an identified
account or fund inside of or outside of the state treasury.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not authorize a
dedication by general law of revenue or money otherwise dedicated
by this constitution in a manner that is inconsistent with that
constitutional dedication.
(c) Revenue or money the appropriation or expenditure of
which is dedicated by general law to a purpose or purposes as
described by Subsection (a) or (b) of this section may not be
expended or appropriated for any purpose other than the dedicated
purpose or purposes, except as authorized by a subsequently adopted
general law that:
(1) expressly amends or repeals the general law under
which the revenue or money was dedicated; and
(2) is adopted by a record vote of two-thirds of the
membership of both houses of the legislature.
SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to
the Texas Constitution:
TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies
to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 82nd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2011, regarding the dedication by general law of
revenue of or money received by this state and money held in or
deposited to an account or fund inside or outside the state treasury
and the authorized expenditure or appropriation of revenue or money
dedicated by general law.
(b) Section 25, Article VIII, of this constitution takes
effect September 1, 2013, and applies only to appropriations
authorized for or expenditures during a state fiscal year beginning
on or after that date.
(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2014.
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment regarding the
dedication by general law of revenue of or money received by this
state and money held in or deposited to an account or fund inside or
outside the state treasury and the authorized expenditure or
appropriation of revenue or money dedicated by general law."