78R5637 KSD-F

By:  Brimer                                                     S.J.R. No. 2  



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a portion of the 
annual distribution from the permanent university fund to be 
appropriated to support certain institutions in The University of 
Texas System.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Section 18(f), Article VII, Texas Constitution, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(f)  Out of one-third of the annual distribution from the 
permanent university fund to the available university fund, there 
shall be appropriated an annual sum sufficient to pay the principal 
and interest due on the bonds and notes issued by the Board of 
Regents of The Texas A&M University System under this section and 
prior law, and the remainder of that one-third of the annual 
distribution to the available university fund shall be appropriated 
to the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System, which 
shall have the authority and duty in turn to appropriate an 
equitable portion of the same for the support and maintenance of The 
Texas A&M University System administration, Texas A&M University, 
and Prairie View A&M University.  The Board of Regents of The Texas 
A&M University System, in making just and equitable appropriations 
to Texas A&M University and Prairie View A&M University, shall 
exercise its discretion with due regard to such criteria as the 
board may deem appropriate from year to year.  Out of the other 
two-thirds of the annual distribution from the permanent university 
fund to the available university fund there shall be appropriated 
an annual sum sufficient to pay the principal and interest due on 
the bonds and notes issued by the Board of Regents of The University 
of Texas System under this section and prior law, and the remainder 
of such two-thirds of the annual distribution to the available 
university fund[,] shall be appropriated for the support and 
maintenance of The University of Texas at Austin and The University 
of Texas System administration, except that a portion of the 
remainder, not to exceed 20 percent of such two-thirds of the annual 
distribution from the permanent university fund to the available 
university fund, may be appropriated for the support and 
maintenance of The University of Texas at Arlington, The University 
of Texas at Dallas, The University of Texas at El Paso, The 
University of Texas of the Permian Basin, The University of Texas at 
San Antonio, and The University of Texas at Tyler.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2003.  
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing a portion 
of the annual distribution from the permanent university fund to be 
appropriated to support The University of Texas at Arlington, The 
University of Texas at Dallas, The University of Texas at El Paso, 
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, The University of 
Texas at San Antonio, and The University of Texas at Tyler."