TITLE: Relating to consideration of appropriations from the economic stabilization fund in determining the constitutional biennial appropriations limit.

SUMMARY: Relating to consideration of appropriations from the economic stabilization fund in determining the constitutional biennial appropriations limit.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to consideration of appropriations from the economic stabilization fund in determining the constitutional biennial appropriations limit. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 316.002, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsections (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows: (f) Appropriations of state tax revenues from the economic stabilization fund are appropriations of state tax revenues dedicated by the constitution for the purposes of: (1) Subsections (a)(2) and (3); and (2) Subsection (e). (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, and notwithstanding the clarification of the law made by the enactment of Subsection (f): (1) the limit on the amount of state tax revenues not dedicated by the constitution that could be appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, or for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, respectively, is the same amount as the limit adopted for that biennium under Section 316.005 irrespective of the inclusion of appropriations from the economic stabilization fund in calculations made to determine that amount; and (2) an appropriation from the economic stabilization fund for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, or for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, respectively, may not be considered in determining whether appropriations from state tax revenues not dedicated by the constitution for that state fiscal biennium exceed the limit adopted under Section 316.005 for that biennium. (h) This subsection and Subsection (g) expire September 1, 2017. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.