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79S30757 JD-D

By:  Paxton                                                     H.J.R. No. 28 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment providing for school district 
property tax rate reduction through the dedication of a portion of 
available state revenue for that purpose.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by 
adding Section 3A to read as follows:
	Sec. 3A.  (a)  In this section:                                         
		(1)  "Available state revenue" means state revenue from 
any source other than federal funds. The term does not include 
revenue that, under another provision of this constitution, may be 
used only for a particular purpose.
		(2)  "Increase in available state revenue" means the 
amount by which the estimate made by the comptroller of public 
accounts under Section 49a(a), Article III, of this constitution of 
available state revenue for the succeeding fiscal biennium exceeds 
the estimate made by the comptroller under that section of 
available state revenue for the current fiscal biennium.
	(b)  In each fiscal biennium, an amount of general revenue 
equal to one-third of any increase in available state revenue for 
the biennium must be used to reduce, as provided by general law, the 
rate of the school district maintenance tax authorized by Section 
3(e) of this article.
	SECTION 2.  The following temporary provision is added to 
the Texas Constitution:
	TEMPORARY PROVISION.  (a)  This temporary provision applies 
to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 79th Legislature, 
3rd Called Session, 2006, dedicating a portion of future increases 
in available state revenue to school district maintenance tax rate 
reduction and expires January 1, 2008.
	(b)  Added Section 3A, Article VII, of this constitution 
takes effect January 1, 2007, and applies only to a fiscal biennium 
that begins on or after that date.
	SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2006.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment reducing school 
district property tax rates through the dedication of a portion of 
available state revenue for that purpose."