86R15146 JRJ-D
 
  By: Lopez H.J.R. No. 153
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment to require the legislature to
  appropriate funds to state institutions of higher education to fund
  certain education programs for veterans.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by
  adding Section 21 to read as follows:
         Sec. 21.  The legislature shall appropriate to each state
  institution of higher education, out of the first money coming into
  the treasury not otherwise appropriated by this constitution, an
  amount sufficient to fund at least 50 percent of the cost to the
  institutions of providing tuition and fee exemptions for veterans
  under a program created by the legislature by general law.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019.
  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the
  legislature to appropriate funds to state institutions of higher
  education to fund certain education programs for veterans."