TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for certain revenues otherwise allocated for transfer to the economic stabilization fund to be used for purposes related to public primary and secondary education.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for certain revenues otherwise allocated for transfer to the economic stabilization fund to be used for purposes related to public primary and secondary education.

FULL TEXT:
86(R) HJR 132-Introduced version-Bill Text 86R13529 JJT-F By: Goodwin H.J.R. No. 132 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for certain revenues otherwise allocated for transfer to the economic stabilization fund to be used for purposes related to public primary and secondary education. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 49-g(c-2), Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended to read as follows: (c-2) The legislature by general law shall provide for a procedure by which the allocation of the sum of the amounts described by Subsections (d) and (e) of this section may be adjusted to provide for a transfer to the economic stabilization fund of an amount greater than the allocation provided for under Subsection (c-1) of this section with the remainder of that sum, if any, allocated for transfer to the state highway fund. The legislature by general law may provide for all or any portion of the amount that is allocated for transfer to the economic stabilization fund under Subsection (c-1) or this subsection instead to be allocated and made available for appropriation only for purposes related to public primary or secondary education. An [The] allocation made as provided by [that] general law enacted under the authority of this subsection is binding on the comptroller for the purposes of the transfers required by Subsection (c) of this section. SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to the Texas Constitution: TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, authorizing the legislature to provide for certain revenues otherwise allocated for transfer to the economic stabilization fund to be used for purposes related to public primary and secondary education. (b) The amendments to Section 49-g, Article III, of this constitution take effect January 1, 2020. (c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2021. SECTION 3. 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 authorizing the legislature to provide for certain revenues otherwise allocated for transfer to the economic stabilization fund to be used for purposes related to public primary and secondary education."