Bill Text: TX HJR23 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth of state appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-05 - Referred to Appropriations [HJR23 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HJR23-Introduced.html
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By: Callegari | H.J.R. No. 23 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on | ||
the rate of growth of state appropriations. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 22, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 22. (a) In no biennium shall the rate of growth of | ||
appropriations from all sources of revenue other than the federal | ||
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exceed a rate equal to the sum of the estimated rates [ |
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increase or decrease, during the biennium preceding the biennium | ||
for which the appropriations are made, [ |
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(1) the state's population; and | ||
(2) inflation or deflation in this state in the prices | ||
of goods [ |
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(b) The rates described by Subsection (a) of this section | ||
shall be estimated in the manner provided by general law. If the | ||
sum of those estimated rates is a negative number, appropriations | ||
for the biennium from all sources of revenue other than the federal | ||
government must decrease by a rate at least equal to the sum of | ||
those estimated rates. | ||
(c) In this section, the rate of change of appropriations | ||
from all sources of revenue other than the federal government is the | ||
percentage difference between: | ||
(1) the amount of money appropriated for the current | ||
biennium from those sources as estimated in the manner prescribed | ||
by law at or near the time the legislature convenes in regular | ||
session during the current biennium; and | ||
(2) the amount of money appropriated for the next | ||
biennium from those sources as finally estimated by the comptroller | ||
at the times the Acts making appropriations are considered by the | ||
comptroller under Article III, Section 49a, of this constitution. | ||
(d) The legislature shall provide by general law procedures | ||
to implement Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section | ||
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approved by a record vote of two-thirds [ |
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of each house finds that an emergency exists and identifies the | ||
nature of the emergency, the legislature may provide for | ||
appropriations in excess of the amount authorized by Subsection (a) | ||
of this section. The excess authorized under this subsection may | ||
not exceed the amount specified in the resolution. | ||
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as provided in Article III, Section 49a, of this constitution. | ||
Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter, amend, or | ||
repeal Article III, Section 49a, of this constitution. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 49a, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: | ||
(c) A bill containing an appropriation may not be considered | ||
as passed and may not be sent to the Governor for consideration | ||
until the Comptroller of Public Accounts endorses on the bill the | ||
Comptroller's certificate showing that the amount appropriated | ||
does not exceed the limitation on the rate of growth of | ||
appropriations imposed by Section 22, Article VIII, of this | ||
constitution. | ||
(d) When the Comptroller of Public Accounts finds that a | ||
bill containing an appropriation exceeds the limitation on the rate | ||
of growth of appropriations imposed by Section 22, Article VIII, of | ||
this constitution, the Comptroller shall endorse that finding on | ||
the bill, return the bill to the House in which it originated, and | ||
immediately notify the House of Representatives and the Senate of | ||
the finding. | ||
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2014. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment regarding the | ||
limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations." |