Bill Text: TX HJR30 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements on a municipality or county.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 7)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-12 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR30 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HJR30-Introduced.html
| 86R726 JCG-F | ||
| By: Burns | H.J.R. No. 30 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the | ||
| legislature to mandate requirements on a municipality or county. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 68 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 68. A law enacted by the legislature on or after | ||
| January 1, 2020, that requires a municipality or county to | ||
| establish, expand, or modify a duty or activity that requires the | ||
| expenditure of revenue by the municipality or county is not | ||
| effective unless the legislature appropriates or otherwise | ||
| provides, from a source other than the revenue of the municipality | ||
| or county, for the payment or reimbursement of the costs incurred | ||
| for the biennium by the municipality or county in complying with the | ||
| requirement. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment to restrict the power | ||
| of the legislature from mandating unfunded requirements on a | ||
| municipality or county." | ||
