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| 5 | 6 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 7 | | proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the |
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| 7 | 8 | | legislature to mandate requirements on a municipality or county. |
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| 8 | 9 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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| 10 | 11 | | adding Section 68 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 12 | | Sec. 68. A law enacted by the legislature on or after |
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| 12 | 13 | | January 1, 2018, that requires a municipality or county to |
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| 13 | 14 | | establish, expand, or modify a duty or activity that requires the |
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| 14 | 15 | | expenditure of revenue by the municipality or county is not |
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| 15 | 16 | | effective unless the legislature appropriates or otherwise |
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| 16 | 17 | | provides, from a source other than the revenue of the municipality |
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| 17 | 18 | | or county, for the payment or reimbursement of the costs incurred |
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| 18 | 19 | | for the biennium by the municipality or county in complying with the |
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| 19 | 20 | | requirement. |
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| 20 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 21 | 22 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. |
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| 22 | 23 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 23 | 24 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment to restrict the power |
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| 24 | 25 | | of the legislature from mandating unfunded requirements on a |
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| 25 | 26 | | municipality or county." |
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