1-1 By: Duncan, Ellis S.J.R. No. 44
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2001; March 14, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Finance; April 20, 2001,
1-4 reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 3; April 20, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 44 By: Duncan
1-7 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
1-8 proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing an appropriation
1-9 of a portion of the annual distribution to the available university
1-10 fund from the permanent university fund to support and maintain
1-11 certain institutions in The University of Texas System.
1-12 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Subsection (f), Section 18, Article VII, Texas
1-14 Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
1-15 (f) Out of one-third of the annual distribution from the
1-16 permanent university fund to the available university fund, there
1-17 shall be appropriated an annual sum sufficient to pay the principal
1-18 and interest due on the bonds and notes issued by the Board of
1-19 Regents of The Texas A&M University System under this section and
1-20 prior law, and the remainder of that one-third of the annual
1-21 distribution to the available university fund shall be appropriated
1-22 to the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System, which
1-23 shall have the authority and duty in turn to appropriate an
1-24 equitable portion of the same for the support and maintenance of
1-25 The Texas A&M University System administration, Texas A&M
1-26 University, and Prairie View A&M University. The Board of Regents
1-27 of The Texas A&M University System, in making just and equitable
1-28 appropriations to Texas A&M University and Prairie View A&M
1-29 University, shall exercise its discretion with due regard to such
1-30 criteria as the board may deem appropriate from year to year. Out
1-31 of the other two-thirds of the annual distribution from the
1-32 permanent university fund to the available university fund there
1-33 shall be appropriated an annual sum sufficient to pay the principal
1-34 and interest due on the bonds and notes issued by the Board of
1-35 Regents of The University of Texas System under this section and
1-36 prior law, and the remainder of such two-thirds of the annual
1-37 distribution to the available university fund[,] shall be
1-38 appropriated for the support and maintenance of The University of
1-39 Texas at Austin and The University of Texas System administration,
1-40 except that a portion of the remainder, not to exceed 20 percent of
1-41 such two-thirds of the annual distribution from the permanent
1-42 university fund to the available university fund, may be
1-43 appropriated for the support and maintenance of The University of
1-44 Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas at Dallas, The
1-45 University of Texas at El Paso, The University of Texas of the
1-46 Permian Basin, The University of Texas at San Antonio, and The
1-47 University of Texas at Tyler.
1-48 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
1-49 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2001.
1-50 The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
1-51 the proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing an
1-52 appropriation of a portion of the annual distribution made to the
1-53 available university fund from the permanent university fund to
1-54 support and maintain The University of Texas at Arlington, The
1-55 University of Texas at Dallas, The University of Texas at El Paso,
1-56 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, The University of
1-57 Texas at San Antonio, and The University of Texas at Tyler."
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