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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 child care protection and enhancement fund. |
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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-r to read as follows: |
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Sec. 49-r. (a)The child care protection and enhancement |
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fund is established as a trust fund outside the treasury.In |
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accordance with general law, the fund may be used only the |
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expansion of capacity of childcare seats in Texas, or the |
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enhancement of state-subsidized care rates. |
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(b) The child care protection and enhancement fund consists |
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of: |
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(1) money appropriated, credited, or transferred to |
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the fund by the legislature; |
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(2) gifts, grants, and donations received by the Texas |
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Comptroller of Public Accounts in function for a purpose for which |
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money in the fund may be used under this section; and |
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(3) investment earnings and interest earned on amounts |
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credited to the fund. |
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(c) The legislature may appropriate money from the child |
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care protection and enhancement fund to the Texas Workforce |
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Commission or the department's successor in function for the |
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purposes prescribed for the fund by this section and general law. |
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(d) For purposes of Section 22, Article VIII, of this |
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constitution: |
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(1) money in the child care protection and enhancement |
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fund is dedicated by this constitution; and |
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(2) an appropriation of state tax revenues for the |
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purpose of depositing money to the credit of the fund is treated as |
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if it were an appropriation of revenues dedicated by this |
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constitution. |
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(e) The reasonable expenses of managing the fund and its |
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assets shall be paid from 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 4, 2025. |
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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 childcare protection and enhancement fund to be |
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used for the enhancement of childcare in this state." |