Bill Text: TX SJR17 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements upon certain local governments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-16 - Co-author authorized [SJR17 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SJR17-Introduced.html
2011S0271-1 01/27/11 | ||
By: Carona | S.J.R. No. 17 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the | ||
legislature to mandate requirements upon certain local | ||
governments. | ||
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) No bill enacted by the legislature on or after | ||
January 1, 2012, requiring a local government to establish, expand, | ||
or modify a duty or activity that requires the expenditure of | ||
revenue by the local government shall be effective until and unless | ||
the legislature appropriates or otherwise provides for the payment | ||
or reimbursement, from a source other than the revenue of the local | ||
government, of the costs incurred for the biennium by the local | ||
government in complying with the requirement. | ||
(b) For the purpose of this section, "local government" | ||
includes a county, a city, a hospital district, a community college | ||
district, or a special district created by the action of a county, | ||
city, hospital district, or community college. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011. | ||
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 upon local | ||
governments." |