Bill Text: TX HJR124 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for the use and dedication of certain money transferred to the general revenue fund account for emergency medical services and trauma care systems.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Appropriations [HJR124 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HJR124-Introduced.html
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By: Walle | H.J.R. No. 124 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for the use and | ||
dedication of certain money transferred to the general revenue fund | ||
account for emergency medical services and trauma care systems. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 49-g(c), (c-1), and (c-2), Article III, | ||
Texas Constitution, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Not later than the 90th day of each fiscal year, the | ||
comptroller of public accounts shall transfer from the general | ||
revenue fund to the economic stabilization fund, to [ |
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highway fund, and as provided by general law to an account in the | ||
general revenue fund for emergency medical services and trauma care | ||
systems the sum of the amounts described by Subsections (d) and (e) | ||
of this section, to be allocated as provided by Subsections (c-1) | ||
and (c-2) of this section. However, if necessary and | ||
notwithstanding the allocations prescribed by Subsections (c-1) | ||
and (c-2) of this section, the comptroller shall reduce | ||
proportionately the amounts described by Subsections (d) and (e) of | ||
this section to be transferred and allocated to the economic | ||
stabilization fund to prevent the amount in that fund from | ||
exceeding the limit in effect for that biennium under Subsection | ||
(g) of this section. Revenue transferred to the state highway fund | ||
under this subsection may be used only for constructing, | ||
maintaining, and acquiring rights-of-way for public roadways other | ||
than toll roads. Revenue transferred to the general revenue fund | ||
account under this subsection may be appropriated only for county | ||
and regional emergency medical services, designated trauma | ||
facilities, and trauma care systems as provided by general law. | ||
(c-1) Of the sum of the amounts described by Subsections (d) | ||
and (e) of this section and required to be transferred from the | ||
general revenue fund under Subsection (c) of this section, the | ||
comptroller shall allocate three-eighths [ |
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economic stabilization fund, one-eighth to the general revenue fund | ||
account for emergency medical services and trauma care systems, and | ||
the remainder to the state highway fund, except as provided by | ||
Subsection (c-2) of this section. | ||
(c-2) The legislature by general law shall provide for a | ||
procedure by which the allocation of the sum of the amounts | ||
described by Subsections (d) and (e) of this section may be adjusted | ||
to provide for a transfer to the economic stabilization fund of an | ||
amount greater than the allocation provided for under Subsection | ||
(c-1) of this section with the remainder of that sum, if any, | ||
allocated for transfer to the state highway fund and the general | ||
revenue fund account for emergency medical services and trauma care | ||
systems. The allocation made as provided by that general law is | ||
binding on the comptroller for the purposes of the transfers | ||
required by Subsection (c) of this section. | ||
SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to | ||
the Texas Constitution: | ||
TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies | ||
to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2017, to provide for the transfer of certain | ||
general revenue to the general revenue fund account for emergency | ||
medical services and trauma care systems and for the dedication of | ||
the revenue transferred to that account. | ||
(b) The amendment to Section 49-g, Article III, of this | ||
constitution takes effect immediately on the final canvass of the | ||
election on the amendment. If, between September 1, 2017, and the | ||
effective date of that constitutional amendment, the comptroller of | ||
public accounts has transferred from general revenue to the | ||
economic stabilization fund or the state highway fund amounts in | ||
accordance with Subsections (c), (d), and (e) of that section, as | ||
those subsections existed at the time of the transfer, as soon as | ||
practicable after the effective date of the amendment, the | ||
comptroller shall return the transferred amounts from the economic | ||
stabilization fund and state highway fund to general revenue and | ||
transfer from general revenue to the economic stabilization fund, | ||
the state highway fund, and an account in the general revenue fund | ||
for emergency medical services and trauma care systems amounts in | ||
accordance with the amended provisions and in accordance with | ||
general law, notwithstanding the requirement of Subsection (c) of | ||
that section that the transfers for that fiscal year be made before | ||
the 90th day of the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2017. | ||
(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2020. | ||
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the use | ||
and dedication of certain money transferred to the general revenue | ||
fund account for emergency medical services and trauma care systems | ||
to assist county and regional emergency medical services, | ||
designated trauma facilities, and trauma care systems." |