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| 2 | 2 | | By: Raymond H.J.R. No. 81 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 8 | 8 | | proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the dedication by |
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| 9 | 9 | | general law of money received by this state and money held in or |
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| 10 | 10 | | deposited to an account or fund inside or outside the state treasury |
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| 11 | 11 | | and the authorized expenditure or appropriation of money dedicated |
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| 12 | 12 | | by general law. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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| 15 | 15 | | adding Section 26 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 26. (a) The legislature by general law may dedicate |
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| 17 | 17 | | to one or more particular purposes the appropriation or expenditure |
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| 18 | 18 | | of money: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) received by this state from one or more particular |
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| 20 | 20 | | sources; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) held in or deposited to an identified account or |
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| 22 | 22 | | fund inside or outside the state treasury. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not authorize a |
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| 24 | 24 | | dedication by general law of money otherwise dedicated by this |
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| 25 | 25 | | constitution in a manner that is inconsistent with that |
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| 26 | 26 | | constitutional dedication. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (c) Money the appropriation or expenditure of which is |
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| 28 | 28 | | dedicated by general law to a purpose or purposes as described by |
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| 29 | 29 | | Subsection (a) of this section may not be appropriated or expended |
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| 30 | 30 | | for any purpose other than the dedicated purpose or purposes, |
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| 31 | 31 | | except as authorized by a subsequently adopted general law that: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) expressly amends or repeals the general law under |
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| 33 | 33 | | which the money was dedicated; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) is adopted by a record vote of two-thirds of the |
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| 35 | 35 | | membership of both houses of the legislature. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to |
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| 37 | 37 | | the Texas Constitution: |
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| 38 | 38 | | TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies |
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| 39 | 39 | | to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 89th Legislature, |
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| 40 | 40 | | Regular Session, 2025, regarding the dedication by general law of |
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| 41 | 41 | | money received by this state and money held in or deposited to an |
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| 42 | 42 | | account or fund inside or outside the state treasury and the |
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| 43 | 43 | | authorized expenditure or appropriation of money dedicated by |
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| 44 | 44 | | general law. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (b) Section 26, Article VIII, of this constitution takes |
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| 46 | 46 | | effect September 1, 2027, and applies only to appropriations |
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| 47 | 47 | | authorized for or expenditures during a state fiscal year beginning |
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| 48 | 48 | | on or after that date. |
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| 49 | 49 | | (c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2028. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 51 | 51 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025. |
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| 52 | 52 | | The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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| 53 | 53 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment regarding the |
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| 54 | 54 | | dedication by general law of money received by this state and money |
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| 55 | 55 | | held in or deposited to an account or fund inside or outside the |
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| 56 | 56 | | state treasury and the authorized expenditure or appropriation of |
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| 57 | 57 | | money dedicated by general law." |
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