73R8708 SOS-D
By Rudd H.B. No. 1207
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1207:
By Junell C.S.H.B. No. 1207
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to increasing the amount of certain constitutionally
1-3 dedicated funds for certain public institutions of higher
1-4 education.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 62, Education Code, is
1-7 amended by adding Section 62.024 to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 62.024. AMOUNT OF ALLOCATION INCREASED. In accordance
1-9 with Article VII, Section 17(a), of the Texas Constitution, the
1-10 amount of the annual constitutional appropriation under that
1-11 subsection is increased to $150 million.
1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-13 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.