Bill Text: TX SJR8 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements on a municipality or county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-11 - Co-author authorized [SJR8 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SJR8-Introduced.html

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85S10570 JCG-F
By: Buckingham S.J.R. No. 8

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the
legislature to mandate requirements on a municipality or county.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 68 to read as follows:
Sec. 68. A law enacted by the legislature on or after
January 1, 2019, that requires a municipality or county to
establish, expand, or modify a duty or activity that requires the
expenditure of revenue by the municipality or county is not
effective unless the legislature appropriates or otherwise
provides, from a source other than the revenue of the municipality
or county, for the payment or reimbursement of the costs incurred
for the biennium by the municipality or county in complying with the
requirement.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2018.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to restrict the power
of the legislature from mandating unfunded requirements on a
municipality or county."