88R2710 KBB-D
By: Raymond H.J.R. No. 41
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the dedication by
general law of money received by this state and money held in or
deposited to an account or fund inside or outside the state treasury
and the authorized expenditure or appropriation of money dedicated
by general law.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 25 to read as follows:
Sec. 25. (a) The legislature by general law may dedicate
to one or more particular purposes the appropriation or expenditure
of money:
(1) received by this state from one or more particular
sources; or
(2) held in or deposited to an identified account or
fund inside or outside the state treasury.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not authorize a
dedication by general law of money otherwise dedicated by this
constitution in a manner that is inconsistent with that
constitutional dedication.
(c) Money the appropriation or expenditure of which is
dedicated by general law to a purpose or purposes as described by
Subsection (a) of this section may not be appropriated or expended
for any purpose other than the dedicated purpose or purposes,
except as authorized by a subsequently adopted general law that:
(1) expressly amends or repeals the general law under
which the money was dedicated; and
(2) is adopted by a record vote of two-thirds of the
membership of both houses of the legislature.
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 88th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2023, regarding the dedication by general law of
money received by this state and money held in or deposited to an
account or fund inside or outside the state treasury and the
authorized expenditure or appropriation of money dedicated by
general law.
(b) Section 25, Article VIII, of this constitution takes
effect September 1, 2025, and applies only to appropriations
authorized for or expenditures during a state fiscal year beginning
on or after that date.
(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2026.
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment regarding the
dedication by general law of money received by this state and money
held in or deposited to an account or fund inside or outside the
state treasury and the authorized expenditure or appropriation of
money dedicated by general law."