By:  Duncan, Ellis                                    S.J.R. No. 44
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 1-1                           SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 1-2     proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the annual
 1-3     distributions of the Available University Fund.
 1-4           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 18(f), Article VII, Texas Constitution,
 1-6     is amended to read as follows:
 1-7     (f)  Out of one-third of the annual distribution from the permanent
 1-8     university fund to the available university fund, there shall be
 1-9     appropriated an annual sum sufficient to pay the principal and
1-10     interest due on the bonds and notes issued by the Board of Regents
1-11     of The Texas A&M University System under this section and prior
1-12     law, and the remainder of that one-third of the annual distribution
1-13     to the available university fund shall be appropriated to the Board
1-14     of Regents of The Texas A&M University System which shall have the
1-15     authority and duty in turn to appropriate an equitable portion of
1-16     the same for the support and maintenance of The Texas A&M
1-17     University System administration, Texas A&M University, and Prairie
1-18     View A&M University.  The Board of Regents of The Texas A&M
1-19     University System, in making just and equitable appropriations to
1-20     Texas A&M University and Prairie View A&M University, shall
1-21     exercise its discretion with due regard to such criteria as the
1-22     board may deem appropriate from year to year.  Out of the other
 2-1     two-thirds of the annual distribution from the permanent university
 2-2     fund to the available university fund there shall be appropriated
 2-3     an annual sum sufficient to pay the principal and interest due on
 2-4     the bonds and notes issued by the Board of Regents of The
 2-5     University of Texas System under this section and prior law, and
 2-6     the remainder of such two-thirds of the annual distribution to the
 2-7     available university fund, shall be appropriated for the support
 2-8     and maintenance of The University of Texas at Austin, [and] The
 2-9     University of Texas System administration, The University of Texas
2-10     at Dallas, The University of Texas at El Paso, The University of
2-11     Texas of the Permian Basin, The University of Texas at San Antonio,
2-12     and The University of Texas at Tyler.
2-13           SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
2-14     submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 6,
2-15     2001.  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against
2-16     the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment relating to
2-17     additional funding for general academic institutions of the
2-18     University of Texas System located in Arlington, Dallas, El Paso,
2-19     the Permian Basin, San Antonio and Tyler."