82R6255 ACP-D
 
  By: Ritter H.J.R. No. 138
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation and
  funding of the state water implementation fund for Texas to assist
  the Texas Water Development Board in the funding of certain
  projects included in the state water plan.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by
  adding Section 49-d-12 to read as follows:
         Sec. 49-d-12.  (a) The state water implementation fund for
  Texas is created in the state treasury to provide a method for
  financing projects included in a statewide water plan that is
  required by general law and adopted by the Texas Water Development
  Board or its successor in function.
         (b)  Money deposited to the credit of the state water
  implementation fund for Texas and interest earned on the investment
  of money credited to the fund may be appropriated only to the Texas
  Water Development Board or its successor in function and used only
  to fund projects included in a statewide water plan that is required
  by general law and adopted by the Texas Water Development Board or
  its successor in function.
         (c)  The legislature by general law:
               (1)  shall provide for the imposition by this state of a
  fee or tax the proceeds of which must be deposited to the credit of
  the fund and may provide for the deposit of other sources of revenue
  to the credit of the fund; and
               (2)  may prescribe the manner in which money in the fund
  may be used.
         (d)  A general law enacted under this section dedicating
  revenue to the fund prevails over any Act enacted in the same
  session of the legislature that purports to abolish dedications of
  revenue in the state treasury for a particular purpose, regardless
  of the relative dates of enactment.
         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 82nd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2011, providing for the creation and funding of
  the state water implementation fund for Texas to assist the Texas
  Water Development Board in the funding of certain projects included
  in the state water plan.
         (b)  A general law enacted in anticipation of the adoption of
  the amendment is not void due to the law's anticipatory character.
         (c)  This temporary provision expires January 1, 2013.
         SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the
  creation and funding of the state water implementation fund for
  Texas to assist the Texas Water Development Board in the funding of
  certain projects included in the state water plan."