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| 1 | - | 85S12242 JCG-F | |
| 2 | - | By: Shine, Darby, Burns, Ashby, Cook, et al. H.J.R. No. 31 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 31: | |
| 4 | - | By: Paddie C.S.H.J.R. No. 31 | |
| 1 | + | 85S10570 JCG-F | |
| 2 | + | By: Shine H.J.R. No. 31 | |
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| 7 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 8 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the | |
| 9 | - | legislature to mandate unfunded costs and requirements on a | |
| 10 | - | municipality, county, or school district. | |
| 7 | + | legislature to mandate requirements on a municipality or county. | |
| 11 | 8 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 9 | SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by | |
| 13 | 10 | adding Section 68 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 11 | Sec. 68. A law enacted by the legislature on or after | |
| 15 | - | January 1, 2018, that requires a municipality, county, or school | |
| 16 | - | district to establish, expand, or modify a duty or activity that | |
| 17 | - | requires the expenditure of revenue by the municipality, county, or | |
| 18 | - | school district is not effective unless the legislature | |
| 19 | - | appropriates or otherwise provides, from a source other than the | |
| 20 | - | revenue of the municipality, county, or school district, for the | |
| 21 | - | payment or reimbursement of the costs incurred for the biennium by | |
| 22 | - | the municipality, county, or school district in complying with the | |
| 12 | + | January 1, 2019, that requires a municipality or county to | |
| 13 | + | establish, expand, or modify a duty or activity that requires the | |
| 14 | + | expenditure of revenue by the municipality or county is not | |
| 15 | + | effective unless the legislature appropriates or otherwise | |
| 16 | + | provides, from a source other than the revenue of the municipality | |
| 17 | + | or county, for the payment or reimbursement of the costs incurred | |
| 18 | + | for the biennium by the municipality or county in complying with the | |
| 23 | 19 | requirement. | |
| 24 | 20 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 25 | - | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November | |
| 21 | + | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2018. | |
| 26 | 22 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 27 | 23 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment to restrict the power | |
| 28 | - | of the legislature from mandating unfunded | |
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| 24 | + | of the legislature from mandating unfunded requirements on a | |
| 25 | + | municipality or county." |