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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment creating the water for Texas |
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fund to assist in financing water projects in this state. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 49-d-16 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 49-d-16. (a) The water for Texas fund is created as a |
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special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue |
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fund. The fund is administered by the Texas Water Development Board |
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or by that board's successor in function as provided by general law. |
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The fund is not subject to legislative appropriation. |
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(b) The administrator of the water for Texas fund may use |
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the fund only to disburse money to other funds administered by the |
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Texas Water Development Board or that board's successor in |
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function. The administrator may restore to the fund money |
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disbursed from the fund and deposited to the credit of another fund. |
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Legislative appropriation is not required for the administrator to |
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disburse money from, or restore money to, the fund. |
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(c) The administrator of the water for Texas fund may |
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establish separate accounts in the fund as necessary or convenient |
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to administer the fund. |
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(d) The water for Texas fund consists of: |
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(1) money transferred or deposited to the credit of |
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the fund by general law, including money from any source |
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transferred or deposited to the credit of the fund at the discretion |
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of the administrator of the water for Texas fund as authorized by |
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general law; |
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(2) any other revenue that the legislature by statute |
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dedicates for deposit to the credit of the fund; |
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(3) investment earnings and interest earned on amounts |
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credited to the fund; |
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(4) money from gifts, grants, or donations to the |
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fund; and |
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(5) the redeposit of money disbursed from the fund. |
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(e) The legislature by general law shall provide for the |
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manner in which money from the water for Texas fund may be used, |
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subject to the limitations provided by this section. |
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(f) The legislature by general law may provide for costs of |
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investment of the water for Texas fund to be paid from that fund. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment creating the water for |
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Texas fund to assist in financing water projects in this state." |