Bill Text: TX HJR1 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-11 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HJR1 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HJR1-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Bonnen of Galveston | H.J.R. No. 1 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 1: | |||
| By: Miller | C.S.H.J.R. No. 1 | ||
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| proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the limitation on | ||
| the rate of growth of 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) The rate of growth of appropriations from all | ||
| sources of state revenue other than the federal government may not | ||
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| growth in this state's population during the biennium for which | ||
| appropriations are made, adjusted by the estimated rate of | ||
| inflation in this state during the same period [ |
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| legislature by general law shall provide [ |
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| procedures to implement this subsection. | ||
| (b) If the legislature by adoption of a resolution approved | ||
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| 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 amount authorized under this subsection may not exceed | ||
| the amount specified in the resolution. | ||
| (c) In no case shall appropriations exceed revenues as | ||
| provided in Section 49a, Article III, [ |
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| constitution. Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter, | ||
| amend, or repeal Section 49a, Article III, [ |
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| constitution. | ||
| 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 85th Legislature, | ||
| 1st Called Session, 2017, regarding the limitation on the rate of | ||
| growth of appropriations. | ||
| (b) The amendments to Section 22, Article VIII, of this | ||
| constitution apply only in relation to appropriations made for the | ||
| state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2019, and subsequent | ||
| state fiscal bienniums. | ||
| (c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2020. | ||
| SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment regarding the | ||
| limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations." | ||
