Amend SJR 59 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 5, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following subsections:
(o) The sum of the amount allocated to the Texas State Technical College System under Section 17 of this article and the amount distributed to the system under this section may not exceed:
(1) for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2025, $52 million; and
(2) for a state fiscal year beginning on or after September 1, 2026, the amount determined under this subsection for the preceding state fiscal year adjusted by the increase, if any, in the rate of inflation during the preceding state fiscal year, as determined by the comptroller of public accounts on the basis of changes in the most recent construction cost index published by the Engineering News-Record or, if that index is unavailable, a comparable cost index determined by the comptroller.
(p) If the sum of the amounts described by Subsection (o) of this section would exceed the limit provided under Subsection (o) for a state fiscal year:
(1) the amount allocated to the system under Section 17 of this article shall be reduced until the limit is met or the amount allocated is reduced to zero; and
(2) if necessary after the reduction under Subdivision (1) of this subsection, the amount distributed to the system under this section shall be reduced until the limit is met or the amount distributed is reduced to zero.
(2) On page 6, strike lines 20 and 21 and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.
(3) On page 7, lines 2 through 5, strike "and repealing the limitation on the allocation to that system and its campuses of the annual appropriation of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education".