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By:  Shapiro                                                    S.J.R. No. 10 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain increases 
in state tax revenue to public education.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Section 3, Article VII, Texas Constitution, is 
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  In any state fiscal year, the following state tax 
revenues may be used only for purposes related to public education 
as provided by the legislature:
		(1)  increases in revenue from the state franchise tax 
that are attributable to the changes in law made by H.B. No. 3, Acts 
of the 79th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2006, or similar 
legislation that revises the state franchise tax;
		(2)  increases in revenue from state motor vehicle 
sales and use taxes that are attributable to H.B. No. 4, Acts of the 
79th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2006, or similar legislation 
that revises the state motor vehicle sales and use taxes;  and
		(3)  increases in revenue from the state taxes imposed 
on the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products that are 
attributable to the changes in law made by H.B. No. 5, Acts of the 
79th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2006, or similar legislation 
that increases the rate of the state tax imposed on the sale of 
cigarettes or the rate of the state tax imposed on the sale of other 
tobacco products.
	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 increases in certain state tax 
revenues attributable to certain Acts of the 79th Legislature, 3rd 
Called Session, 2006, to public education.
	(b)  The amendment to Section 3, Article VII, of this 
Constitution takes effect September 1, 2007, and applies only to 
state tax revenues that are collected 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, 
but only if House Bill No. 3, 4, or 5, Acts of the 79th Legislature, 
3rd Called Session, 2006, or similar legislation, is enacted and 
becomes law.  If none of those Acts and no other similar legislation 
becomes law, this proposed constitutional amendment shall not be 
submitted to the voters.  If this proposed constitutional amendment 
is submitted to the voters, the ballot for the election shall be 
printed to permit voting for or against the proposition:  "The 
constitutional amendment dedicating certain increases in revenues 
from franchise taxes, motor vehicle sales and use taxes, and taxes 
on cigarettes and other tobacco products to public education."