TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate unfunded costs and requirements on a municipality, county, or school district.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate unfunded costs and requirements on a municipality, county, or school district.

FULL TEXT:
85(1) HJR 31-House Committee Report version-Bill Text 85S12242 JCG-F By: Shine, Darby, Burns, Ashby, Cook, et al. H.J.R. No. 31 Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 31: By: Cook C.S.H.J.R. No. 31 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate unfunded costs and requirements on a municipality, county, or school district. 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 law enacted by the legislature on or after January 1, 2018, that requires a municipality, county, or school district to establish, expand, or modify a duty or activity that requires the expenditure of revenue by the municipality, county, or school district is not effective unless the legislature appropriates or otherwise provides, from a source other than the revenue of the municipality, county, or school district, for the payment or reimbursement of the costs incurred for the biennium by the municipality, county, or school district in complying with the requirement. 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 restrict the power of the legislature from mandating unfunded costs and requirements on a municipality, county, or school district."