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Texas Maximum Amount of Appropriations Amendment (2015)
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The Texas Maximum Amount of Appropriations Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have prohibited appropriations for a fiscal biennium to exceed an amount determined by (1) the state's estimated population growth rate and monetary inflation or (2) the estimated rate of growth of personal income of the state's population.[1]
The measure would have also changed the number of legislative votes needed to declare a fiscal emergency and provide appropriations in excess of the maximum amount from a simple majority to a two-thirds vote.
Additionally, the amendment would have required the Comptroller of Public Accounts to review and endorse appropriation bills to make sure they don't exceed the maximum amount permissible.
The measure was introduced into the Texas Legislature by Sen. Charles Perry (R-28) as Senate Joint Resolution 11.[2]
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The proposed ballot title was:[1]
| “ | The constitutional amendment regarding the maximum amount of appropriations for a state fiscal biennium.[3] | ” |
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- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
The proposed constitutional amendment was filed by Sen. Charles Perry (R-28) as Senate Joint Resolution 11 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.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Legislature, "SJR No. 11," accessed November 19, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Texas Legislature, "SJR No. 11 History," accessed November 17, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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