Bill Text: TX SJR53 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to limiting the permissible uses of money appropriated from the economic stabilization fund.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-21 - Referred to Finance [SJR53 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SJR53-Introduced.html

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85R1075 JJT-D
By: Huffines S.J.R. No. 53

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment relating to limiting the
permissible uses of money appropriated from the economic
stabilization fund.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas
Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
(m) In addition to the appropriation authority provided by
Subsections (k) and (l) of this section, the legislature may, by a
two-thirds vote of the members present in each house, appropriate
amounts from the economic stabilization fund to:
(1) retire state debt;
(2) pay costs associated with a state of disaster
declared by the governor; or
(3) pay nonrecurring costs of roadway infrastructure
projects, excluding costs associated with:
(A) toll roads or other restricted motor vehicle
transportation lanes; or
(B) projects, facilities, or accommodations for:
(i) pedestrian or bicycle transportation;
(ii) mass transit; or
(iii) multimodal transportation [at any
time and for any purpose].
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 relating to limiting
the permissible uses of money appropriated from the economic
stabilization fund."