Bill Amendment: TX HJR3 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the Texas University Fund, which provides funding to certain institutions of higher education to achieve national prominence as major research universities and drive the state economy.

Status: 2023-05-30 - Filed with the Secretary of State [HJR3 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR3-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F1-Huffman.html

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Amend CSHJR 3 (senate committee report) in SECTION 2 of the bill, amending Section 20, Article VII, Texas Constitution, by striking amended Subsection (g) (page 2, lines 5 through 12), and substituting the following:

(g)  The legislature shall establish criteria by which a state university may become eligible to receive a portion of the distributions from the fund. A state university that is entitled to participate in dedicated funding provided by Section 18 of this article is [becomes eligible to receive a portion of the distributions from the fund in a state fiscal biennium remains eligible to receive additional distributions from the fund in any subsequent state fiscal biennium. The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University are] not eligible to receive money from the fund.