By Madden                                              H.J.R. No. 9
       74R109 MWV-F
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment providing for supreme court
    1-2  authority regarding funding and operation of certain programs.
    1-3        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Article V of the Texas Constitution is amended by
    1-5  adding Section 3-d to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 3-d.  Notwithstanding the writ power granted to other
    1-7  courts by this constitution, only the supreme court may issue an
    1-8  order or decree that an agency, institution, or program funded or
    1-9  operated by the State of Texas be closed or prohibited from
   1-10  operating, that funds the legislature has appropriated for the
   1-11  purpose of funding an agency, institution, or program funded or
   1-12  operated by the State of Texas be diverted or withheld from their
   1-13  dedicated use, or that confiscates or prohibits the distribution of
   1-14  funds in the state treasury appropriated for the purpose of funding
   1-15  an agency, institution, or program funded or operated by the State
   1-16  of Texas.
   1-17        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-18  submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 7,
   1-19  1995.  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or
   1-20  against the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment limiting
   1-21  judicial involvement regarding the funding of an agency,
   1-22  institution, or program funded or operated by the State of Texas to
   1-23  the supreme court of this state."