82R27445 KJM-D
By: West S.J.R. No. 54
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing an appropriation
from the economic stabilization fund for the Foundation School
Program.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 49-g, Article III, Texas Constitution,
is amended by adding Subsection (p) to read as follows:
(p) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
the legislature may, by a majority vote of the members present in
each house, appropriate from the economic stabilization fund not
more than $2,000,000,000 to the Texas Education Agency for the
Foundation School Program under Chapter 42, Education Code, for the
state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2012. An appropriation
made by the 82nd Legislature in anticipation of this subsection
becoming law is not void due to the appropriation's anticipatory
character. This subsection expires September 1, 2013.
SECTION 2. 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 permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing an
appropriation from the economic stabilization fund for the
Foundation School Program."