Texas 2017 - 85th 1st C.S.

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1		-	~~85S12059~~ CJC-D
	1	+	85S10475 CJC-D
2	2		By: Bonnen of Galveston H.J.R. No. 1
3		-	Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 1:
4		-	By: Miller C.S.H.J.R. No. 1
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7	5		A JOINT RESOLUTION
8	6		proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the limitation on
9	7		the rate of growth of appropriations.
10	8		BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11		-	SECTION 1. Section 22, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is
12		-	amended to read as follows:
13		-	Sec. 22. (a) The rate of growth of appropriations from all
14		-	sources of state revenue other than the federal government may not
15		-	in any [In no] biennium exceed the estimated [shall the] rate of
16		-	growth in this state's population during the biennium for which
17		-	appropriations are made, adjusted by the estimated rate of
18		-	inflation in this state during the same period [of appropriations
	9	+	SECTION 1. Sections 22(a) and (b), Article VIII, Texas
	10	+	Constitution, are amended to read as follows:
	11	+	(a) The rate of growth of appropriations from all sources of
	12	+	state revenue other than the federal government for each category
	13	+	of state spending identified by this subsection may not in any [In
	14	+	no] biennium exceed the estimated [shall the] rate of growth in the
	15	+	population served by expenditures in that spending category,
	16	+	adjusted by the estimated rate of inflation in a representative set
	17	+	of goods and services for which appropriations are made for that
	18	+	spending category. The categories of state spending to which this
	19	+	subsection applies are transportation, public primary and
	20	+	secondary education, higher education, health care, public safety
	21	+	and corrections, and other general government [of appropriations
19	22		from state tax revenues not dedicated by this constitution exceed
20	23		the estimated rate of growth of the state's economy]. The
21		-	legislature by general law shall provide [by general law]
22		-	procedures to implement this subsection.
	24	+	legislature by general law may define each category of state
	25	+	spending to which this subsection applies and shall provide [by
	26	+	general law] procedures to implement this subsection.
23	27		(b) If the legislature by adoption of a resolution approved
24		-	by a record vote of three-fifths [a majority] of the members of each
25		-	house finds that an emergency exists and identifies the nature of
26		-	the emergency, the legislature may provide for appropriations in
27		-	excess of the amount authorized by Subsection (a) of this section.
28		-	The excess amount authorized under this subsection may not exceed
29		-	the amount specified in the resolution.
30		-	(c) In no case shall appropriations exceed revenues as
31		-	provided in Section 49a, Article III, [Section 49a,] of this
32		-	constitution. Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter,
33		-	amend, or repeal Section 49a, Article III, [Section 49a,] of this
34		-	constitution.
	28	+	by a record vote of a majority of the members of each house finds
	29	+	that an emergency exists and identifies the nature of the
	30	+	emergency, the legislature may provide for appropriations in excess
	31	+	of the amount authorized by Subsection (a) of this section for a
	32	+	category of state spending. The excess amount authorized under
	33	+	this subsection may not exceed the amount specified in the
	34	+	resolution for the category of state spending.
35	35		SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to
36	36		the Texas Constitution:
37	37		TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies
38	38		to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th Legislature,
39	39		1st Called Session, 2017, regarding the limitation on the rate of
40	40		growth of appropriations.
41	41		(b) The amendments to Section 22, Article VIII, of this
42	42		constitution apply only in relation to appropriations made for the
43	43		state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2019, and subsequent
44	44		state fiscal bienniums.
45	45		(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2020.
46	46		SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
47	47		submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017.
48	48		The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
49	49		proposition: "The constitutional amendment regarding the
50	50		limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations."