1-1     By:  Moncrief                                         S.J.R. No. 33

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 7, 1997; March 12, 1997, read

 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Finance; April 9, 1997,

 1-4     reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the

 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 13, Nays 0; April 9, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 33                By:  Moncrief

 1-7                           SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 1-8     proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the dedication of

 1-9     the compensation to victims of crime fund and the compensation to

1-10     victims of crime auxiliary fund.

1-11           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-12           SECTION 1.  Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by

1-13     adding Section 31 to read as follows:

1-14           Sec. 31.  (a)  The compensation to victims of crime fund and

1-15     the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund created by

1-16     Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure, are each a separate

1-17     dedicated account in the general revenue fund.

1-18           (b)  Subject to legislative appropriation, money deposited to

1-19     the credit of the compensation to victims of crime fund or the

1-20     compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund from any source may

1-21     be expended only for the purposes of compensating victims of crime

1-22     or of adjudicated juvenile misconduct and for providing services to

1-23     those victims, as provided by law.

1-24           SECTION 2.  The following temporary provision is added to the

1-25     Texas Constitution:

1-26           TEMPORARY PROVISION.  (a)  This temporary provision applies

1-27     to the constitutional amendment proposed by S.J.R. No. 33, 75th

1-28     Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, and expires January 1, 1998.

1-29           (b)  The amendment to Article I of this constitution takes

1-30     effect January 1, 1998.

1-31           SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

1-32     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 1997.

1-33     The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

1-34     proposition:  "The constitutional amendment dedicating the

1-35     compensation to victims of crime fund and the compensation to

1-36     victims of crime auxiliary fund."

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