Bill Text: TX HJR73 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements on a municipality or county.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 16-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-18 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HJR73 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HJR73-Engrossed.html
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By: Burns, Ashby, Kacal, Shine, Cosper, | H.J.R. No. 73 | |
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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, 2018, 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 7, 2017. | ||
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." |