Bill Text: TX HJR52 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the rate of growth of appropriations for welfare programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-11 - Referred to Appropriations [HJR52 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HJR52-Introduced.html
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By: King of Parker | H.J.R. No. 52 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the rate of growth of | ||
appropriations for welfare programs. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, | ||
is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The Legislature may provide by General Law for medical | ||
care, rehabilitation and other similar services for needy persons. | ||
The Legislature may prescribe such other eligibility requirements | ||
for participation in these programs as it deems appropriate and may | ||
make appropriations out of state funds for such purposes, subject | ||
to Subsection (b-1) of this section. | ||
(b-1) The rate of growth of the total amount of | ||
appropriations made for welfare programs for a state fiscal | ||
biennium as compared to the preceding state fiscal biennium may not | ||
exceed the maximum rate of growth of appropriations prescribed by | ||
Section 22(a), Article VIII, of this constitution [ |
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amounts, including state and other funds appropriated by the | ||
Legislature, to be used in establishing the biennial limit. In this | ||
subsection, "welfare programs" means the following: | ||
(1) the medical assistance program or a successor to | ||
that program; | ||
(2) the children's health insurance program or a | ||
successor to that program; | ||
(3) the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families | ||
program or a successor to that program; and | ||
(4) any other program that is: | ||
(A) an entitlement program for individuals; or | ||
(B) a program under which cash assistance or | ||
other benefits are provided to individuals on a means-tested basis. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 51-a(c), Article III, Texas | ||
Constitution, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment limiting the rate of | ||
growth of spending authorized for welfare programs." |