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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of |
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the Texas power resiliency fund to finance the operation of backup |
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power sources. |
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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-q to read as follows: |
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Sec. 49-q. (a) The Texas power resiliency fund is created |
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as a special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue |
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fund. |
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(b) As provided by general law, money in the Texas power |
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resiliency fund may be administered and used, without further |
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appropriation, only: |
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(1) by the State Energy Conservation Office or that |
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office's successor in function to provide grants and loans to |
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finance the operation of backup power sources; and |
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(2) by the Texas Division of Emergency Management or |
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that division's successor in function to procure and deploy mobile |
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sources of backup power. |
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(c) The entities administering the Texas power resiliency |
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fund may establish separate accounts in the fund as necessary or |
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convenient for the fund's administration. |
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(d) The Texas power resiliency fund consists of: |
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(1) money transferred or deposited to the credit of |
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the fund by or as authorized by 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 entities administering the fund; |
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(2) revenue, including the proceeds of any fee, |
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assessment, or tax imposed by this state, that general law |
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dedicates for deposit to the credit of the fund; and |
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(3) investment earnings and interest earned on money |
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in the 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 providing for the |
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creation of the Texas power resiliency fund to finance backup power |
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sources." |