By Van de Putte                                       H.J.R. No. 29
       74R1286 CLG-D
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the creation,
    1-2  operation, and financing of children's resource districts.
    1-3        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Article III of the Texas Constitution is amended
    1-5  by adding Section 48-f to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 48-f.  (a)  The legislature by general or special law
    1-7  may provide for the creation, operation, financing, and dissolution
    1-8  of children's resource districts.
    1-9        (b)  The legislature may authorize a children's resource
   1-10  district to levy an ad valorem tax at a rate not to exceed 10 cents
   1-11  on the $100 valuation and to issue bonds and other obligations.  An
   1-12  ad valorem tax may not be levied and bonds secured by a property
   1-13  tax may not be issued until approved by the qualified voters of the
   1-14  district voting at an election called and held for that purpose.
   1-15        (c)  The legislature may provide that members of the
   1-16  governing body of a children's resource district serve terms not to
   1-17  exceed four years.
   1-18        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-19  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 1995.
   1-20  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
   1-21  the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment relating to the
   1-22  creation, operation, and financing of children's resource
   1-23  districts."