S.J.R. No. 74

	proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of
	the centennial parks conservation fund.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by
	adding Section 49-e-1 to read as follows:
	Sec. 49-e-1.  (a)  The centennial parks conservation fund is
	established as a trust fund outside the treasury.  In accordance
	with general law, the fund may be used only for the creation and
	improvement of state parks.
	(b)  The centennial parks conservation fund consists of:
	(1)  money appropriated, credited, or transferred to
	the fund by the legislature;
	(2)  gifts, grants, and donations received by the Parks
	and Wildlife Department or the department's successor in function
	for a purpose for which money in the fund may be used under this
	section; and
	(3)  investment earnings and interest earned on amounts
	credited to the fund.
	(c)  The legislature may appropriate money from the
	centennial parks conservation fund to the Parks and Wildlife
	Department or the department's successor in function for the
	purposes prescribed for the fund by this section and general law.
	(d)  For purposes of Section 22, Article VIII, of this
	constitution:
	(1)  money in the centennial parks conservation fund is
	dedicated by this constitution; and
	(2)  an appropriation of state tax revenues for the
	purpose of depositing money to the credit of the fund is treated as
	if it were an appropriation of revenues dedicated by this
	constitution.
	(e)  The reasonable expenses of managing the fund and its
	assets shall be paid from the fund.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
	proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the
	creation of the centennial parks conservation fund to be used for
	the creation and improvement of state parks."
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	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 74 was adopted by the Senate
	on April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 3; and
	that the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 21, 2023, by
	the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.
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	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 74 was adopted by the House,
	with amendments, on May 15, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 123,
	Nays 21, one present not voting.
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	Chief Clerk of the House
	Received:
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	Date
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	Secretary of State