83S10493 CJC-D
By: Campbell S.J.R. No. 8
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the permissible
uses of certain money appropriated from the economic stabilization
fund by the legislature.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas
Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
(m) In addition to the appropriation authority provided by
Subsections (k) and (l) of this section, the legislature may, by a
two-thirds vote of the members present in each house, appropriate
amounts from the economic stabilization fund to:
(1) repay state debt;
(2) reduce state taxes;
(3) pay costs associated with a state of disaster
declared by the governor; or
(4) pay costs associated with a natural disaster or an
emergency identified by the legislature [at any time and for any
purpose].
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment relating to the
permissible uses of certain money appropriated from the economic
stabilization fund by the legislature."