TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing an appropriation from the economic stabilization fund for the Foundation School Program.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing an appropriation from the economic stabilization fund for the Foundation School Program.

FULL TEXT:
82(R) SJR 54-Introduced version-Bill Text 82R27445 KJM-D By: West S.J.R. No. 54 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing an appropriation from the economic stabilization fund for the Foundation School Program. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 49-g, Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by adding Subsection (p) to read as follows: (p) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the legislature may, by a majority vote of the members present in each house, appropriate from the economic stabilization fund not more than $2,000,000,000 to the Texas Education Agency for the Foundation School Program under Chapter 42, Education Code, for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2012. An appropriation made by the 82nd Legislature in anticipation of this subsection becoming law is not void due to the appropriation's anticipatory character. This subsection expires September 1, 2013. 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 authorizing an appropriation from the economic stabilization fund for the Foundation School Program."