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Texas Debt Payment Excepted from Appropriations Limitations Amendment (2015)
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The Texas Debt Payment Excepted from Appropriations Limitations Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have excepted state revenues appropriated for the purpose of paying state debt from limitations on the appropriations growth rate.[1]
The measure was introduced into the Texas Legislature by Sen. Juan Hinojosa (D-20) and Sen. Kevin Eltife (R-1) as Senate Joint Resolution 7.[2]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot title was:[1]
| “ | The constitutional amendment excepting certain appropriations for reducing state debt from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.[3] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article 8, Texas Constitution
The proposed amendment would have amended Section 22(a) of Article 8 of the Texas Constitution. The following struck-through text would have been deleted and the underlined text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]
TEMPORARY PROVISION
(a) This temporary provision applies to the amendment to Section 22(a), Article VIII, of this constitution as proposed by the 84th Legislature, RegularSession, 2015, excepting certain appropriations for reducing state debt from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. This temporary provision expires December 1, 2017.
(b) The change made to Section 22(a), Article VIII, of this constitution by the amendment applies only in relation to appropriations made for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2017, and subsequent state fiscal bienniums. Appropriations for the state fiscal biennium that began September 1, 2015, are governed by Section 22, ArticleVIII, as that section provided immediately before the voters approved the amendment.[3]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
The proposed constitutional amendment was filed by Sen. Juan Hinojosa (D-20) and Sen. Kevin Eltife (R-1) as Senate Joint Resolution 7 on November 10, 2014.[2] A two-thirds vote in both chambers of the Texas State Legislature was required to refer this amendment to the ballot. Texas is one of 16 states that require a two-thirds supermajority vote in both chambers.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Texas Legislature, "SJR No. 7," accessed November 17, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Texas Legislature, "SJR No. 7 History," accessed November 17, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
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