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79R1206 DAK-D

By:  Hopson                                                     H.J.R. No. 31 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature 
to allocate an amount greater than one-fourth of the net revenue 
from the tax on motor fuels sold to volunteer fire departments to 
the available school fund.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by 
adding Section 7-c to read as follows:
	Sec. 7-c.  Notwithstanding Section 7-a of this article, the 
legislature may allocate an amount greater than one-fourth of the 
net revenue from the tax on motor fuels sold to volunteer fire 
departments for their exclusive use to the Available School Fund.  
If the legislature allocates less than the entire amount of net 
revenue to the Available School Fund, the legislature shall 
allocate the remaining net revenue for the purposes relating to 
public roadways described in Section 7-a of this article.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2005.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing the 
legislature to allocate an amount greater than one-fourth of the 
net revenue from the tax on motor fuels sold to volunteer fire 
departments to the available school fund."