1-1     By:  Wentworth                                         S.J.R. No. 3
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 5, 1999; March 8, 1999, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     April 7, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
 1-5     Nays 0; April 7, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-6                           SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 1-7     proposing a constitutional amendment in aid of turnpikes, toll
 1-8     roads, and toll bridges.
 1-9           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1.  Section 52-b, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
1-11     amended to read as follows:
1-12           Sec. 52-b.  The Legislature shall have no power or authority
1-13     to in any manner lend the credit of the State or grant any public
1-14     money to, or assume any indebtedness, present or future, bonded or
1-15     otherwise, of any individual, person, firm, partnership,
1-16     association, corporation, public corporation, public agency, or
1-17     political subdivision of the State, or anyone else, which is now or
1-18     hereafter authorized to construct, maintain or operate toll roads
1-19     and turnpikes within this State except that the Legislature may
1-20     authorize the Texas Department of Transportation to expend money,
1-21     from any source available, for the construction, maintenance, and
1-22     operation by the Department, an agency of this State, or a
1-23     political subdivision of this State [costs] of turnpikes, toll
1-24     roads, and [or] toll bridges [of the Texas Turnpike Authority, or
1-25     successor agency, provided that any monies expended out of the
1-26     state highway fund shall be repaid to the fund from tolls or other
1-27     turnpike revenue].
1-28           SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
1-29     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1999.
1-30     The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
1-31     proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to authorize the Texas
1-32     Department of Transportation to expend money for turnpikes, toll
1-33     roads, and toll bridges."
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