Bill Text: TX SJR1 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate the net revenue from the state lottery to the foundation school fund, including a portion dedicated to funding salary increases and bonuses for experienced public school classroom teachers and costs associated with school district teacher retirement contributions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-14 - Co-author authorized [SJR1 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SJR1-Introduced.html
By: Burton, Hughes, Nelson | S.J.R. No. 1 | |
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proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate the net revenue | ||
from the state lottery to the foundation school fund, including a | ||
portion dedicated to funding salary increases and bonuses for | ||
experienced public school classroom teachers and costs associated | ||
with school district teacher retirement contributions. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 47, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) Beginning with the state fiscal year that begins | ||
September 1, 2019, revenue received by the State in each state | ||
fiscal year from the operation of lotteries, after the payment of | ||
administrative costs, amounts paid for lottery prizes, and any net | ||
proceeds paid for veterans' assistance attributable to a lottery | ||
game established by law to fund veterans' assistance, shall be | ||
deposited in the foundation school fund established by law. Fifty | ||
percent of the funds desposited in the foundation school fund from | ||
the operation of lotteries may be used only to fund salary increases | ||
and bonuses for public school classroom teachers with at least six | ||
years of teaching experience and for the school district teacher | ||
retirement contribution costs exclusively associated with salary | ||
adjustments authorized by this provision. | ||
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 dedicate the net | ||
revenue from the state lottery to the foundation school fund, and to | ||
dedicate 50 percent of that net revenue to funding salary increases | ||
and bonuses for experienced public school classroom teachers and | ||
school district costs associated with teacher retirement | ||
contributions authorized by this provision." |