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         By:  Moncrief                                S.J.R. No. 33

                               SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 1-1     proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the dedication of

 1-2     the compensation to victims of crime fund and the compensation to

 1-3     victims of crime auxiliary fund.

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

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Article I of the 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 and

 1-8     the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund created at

 1-9     Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure, is a dedicated fund in the

1-10     state treasury.

1-11           (b)  Subject to legislative appropriation and except as

1-12     provided by Subsection (c) of this section, monies deposited to the

1-13     credit of the compensation to victims of crime fund and the

1-14     compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund, from whatever

1-15     source, may be expended only for the purposes of compensating

1-16     victims of crime and for providing services to victims of crime, as

1-17     provided by law.

1-18           (c)  In the event of an episode of mass violence, the

1-19     Legislative Budget Board is authorized to expend monies deposited

1-20     to the credit of the compensation to victims of crime fund and the

1-21     compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund for purposes of

1-22     assisting such victims, but only if monies appropriated for

1-23     purposes of providing emergency assistance, as authorized under

1-24     other state law, are depleted.

 2-1           SECTION 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Amendment takes effect on

 2-2     January 1, 1998.

 2-3           SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

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

 2-5     The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

 2-6     proposition:  "The constitutional amendment dedicating the

 2-7     compensation to victims of crime fund and the compensation to

 2-8     victims of crime auxiliary fund."