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| 1 | 1 | 88R5888 JTZ-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Lopez of Bexar H.J.R. No. 67 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment to require the legislature to | |
| 7 | 7 | appropriate funds to state institutions of higher education to fund | |
| 8 | 8 | certain education benefits provided to veterans and family members | |
| 9 | 9 | of veterans. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by | |
| 12 | 12 | adding Section 21 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 21. Each state fiscal biennium, the legislature shall | |
| 14 | 14 | appropriate to each state institution of higher education, out of | |
| 15 | 15 | the first money coming into the treasury not otherwise appropriated | |
| 16 | 16 | by this constitution, an amount sufficient to fund at least 50 | |
| 17 | 17 | percent of the cost to the institution during the most recent state | |
| 18 | 18 | fiscal biennium of providing tuition and fee exemptions for | |
| 19 | 19 | veterans and family members of veterans as required by the | |
| 20 | 20 | legislature by general law. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 22 | 22 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | |
| 23 | 23 | The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | |
| 24 | 24 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the | |
| 25 | 25 | legislature to appropriate funds to state institutions of higher | |
| 26 | 26 | education to fund certain education benefits provided to veterans | |
| 27 | 27 | and family members of veterans." |