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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment excepting certain |
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appropriations for reducing state debt from the constitutional |
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limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22(a), Article VIII, Texas Constitution, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In no biennium shall the rate of growth of |
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appropriations from state tax revenues, other than state tax |
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revenues [not] dedicated by this constitution and state tax |
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revenues appropriated for the purpose of paying the principal of or |
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interest on state debt, exceed the estimated rate of growth of the |
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state's economy. The legislature shall provide by general law |
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procedures to implement this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to |
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the Texas Constitution: |
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TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies |
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to the amendment to Section 22(a), Article VIII, of this |
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constitution as proposed by the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, |
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2015, excepting certain appropriations for reducing state debt from |
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the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of |
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appropriations. This temporary provision expires December 1, 2017. |
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(b) The change made to Section 22(a), Article VIII, of this |
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constitution by the amendment applies only in relation to |
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appropriations made for the state fiscal biennium beginning |
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September 1, 2017, and subsequent state fiscal bienniums. |
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Appropriations for the state fiscal biennium that began September |
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1, 2015, are governed by Section 22, Article VIII, as that section |
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provided immediately before the voters approved the amendment. |
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SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. |
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The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment excepting certain |
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appropriations for reducing state debt from the constitutional |
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limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations." |