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         By Moncrief                                           S.J.R. No. 33

         Substitute the following for S.J.R. No. 33:

         By Gallego                                        C.S.S.J.R. No. 33

                                 A JOINT RESOLUTION

 1-1     proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the purposes for

 1-2     which money in the compensation to victims of crime fund and the

 1-3     compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund may be used.

 1-4           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by

 1-6     adding Section 31 to read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 31.  (a)  The compensation to victims of crime fund

 1-8     created by general law and the compensation to victims of crime

 1-9     auxiliary fund created by general law are each a separate dedicated

1-10     account in the general revenue fund.

1-11           (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section,

1-12     the legislature may appropriate money in the compensation to

1-13     victims of crime fund or in the compensation to victims of crime

1-14     auxiliary fund only for the purposes of compensating victims of

1-15     crime, providing services to victims of crime, and paying the

1-16     administrative costs of providing services to victims of crime.

1-17           (c)  The legislature may provide by law that money in the

1-18     compensation to victims of crime fund or in the compensation to

1-19     victims of crime auxiliary fund may be expended for the purpose of

1-20     assisting victims of episodes of mass violence if other money

1-21     appropriated for emergency assistance is depleted.

1-22           (d)  This section takes effect January 1, 1998.  This

1-23     subsection expires January 2, 1998.

1-24           SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

 2-1     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 1997.

 2-2     The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

 2-3     proposition:  "The constitutional amendment designating the

 2-4     purposes for which money in the compensation to victims of crime

 2-5     fund and the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund may be

 2-6     used."