85R13185 LED-D
By: Walle H.J.R. No. 124
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for the use and
dedication of certain money transferred to the general revenue fund
account for emergency medical services and trauma care systems.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 49-g(c), (c-1), and (c-2), Article III,
Texas Constitution, are amended to read as follows:
(c) Not later than the 90th day of each fiscal year, the
comptroller of public accounts shall transfer from the general
revenue fund to the economic stabilization fund, to [and] the state
highway fund, and as provided by general law to an account in the
general revenue fund for emergency medical services and trauma care
systems the sum of the amounts described by Subsections (d) and (e)
of this section, to be allocated as provided by Subsections (c-1)
and (c-2) of this section. However, if necessary and
notwithstanding the allocations prescribed by Subsections (c-1)
and (c-2) of this section, the comptroller shall reduce
proportionately the amounts described by Subsections (d) and (e) of
this section to be transferred and allocated to the economic
stabilization fund to prevent the amount in that fund from
exceeding the limit in effect for that biennium under Subsection
(g) of this section. Revenue transferred to the state highway fund
under this subsection may be used only for constructing,
maintaining, and acquiring rights-of-way for public roadways other
than toll roads. Revenue transferred to the general revenue fund
account under this subsection may be appropriated only for county
and regional emergency medical services, designated trauma
facilities, and trauma care systems as provided by general law.
(c-1) Of the sum of the amounts described by Subsections (d)
and (e) of this section and required to be transferred from the
general revenue fund under Subsection (c) of this section, the
comptroller shall allocate three-eighths [one-half] to the
economic stabilization fund, one-eighth to the general revenue fund
account for emergency medical services and trauma care systems, and
the remainder to the state highway fund, except as provided by
Subsection (c-2) of this section.
(c-2) The legislature by general law shall provide for a
procedure by which the allocation of the sum of the amounts
described by Subsections (d) and (e) of this section may be adjusted
to provide for a transfer to the economic stabilization fund of an
amount greater than the allocation provided for under Subsection
(c-1) of this section with the remainder of that sum, if any,
allocated for transfer to the state highway fund and the general
revenue fund account for emergency medical services and trauma care
systems. The allocation made as provided by that general law is
binding on the comptroller for the purposes of the transfers
required by Subsection (c) of this section.
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 85th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2017, to provide for the transfer of certain
general revenue to the general revenue fund account for emergency
medical services and trauma care systems and for the dedication of
the revenue transferred to that account.
(b) The amendment to Section 49-g, Article III, of this
constitution takes effect immediately on the final canvass of the
election on the amendment. If, between September 1, 2017, and the
effective date of that constitutional amendment, the comptroller of
public accounts has transferred from general revenue to the
economic stabilization fund or the state highway fund amounts in
accordance with Subsections (c), (d), and (e) of that section, as
those subsections existed at the time of the transfer, as soon as
practicable after the effective date of the amendment, the
comptroller shall return the transferred amounts from the economic
stabilization fund and state highway fund to general revenue and
transfer from general revenue to the economic stabilization fund,
the state highway fund, and an account in the general revenue fund
for emergency medical services and trauma care systems amounts in
accordance with the amended provisions and in accordance with
general law, notwithstanding the requirement of Subsection (c) of
that section that the transfers for that fiscal year be made before
the 90th day of the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2017.
(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2020.
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the use
and dedication of certain money transferred to the general revenue
fund account for emergency medical services and trauma care systems
to assist county and regional emergency medical services,
designated trauma facilities, and trauma care systems."