By: King of Hemphill, Bell of Kaufman,	H.J.R. No. 1
	VanDeaver, et al.

	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	proposing a constitutional amendment creating the state school
	safety fund to provide ongoing financial support for projects that
	ensure the safety of public schools in this state and providing for
	the transfer of certain general revenues to that fund, the economic
	stabilization fund, and the state highway fund.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 49-g, Article III, Texas Constitution,
	is amended by amending Subsections (c), (c-1), and (c-2) and adding
	Subsections (c-3) and (c-4) 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, the state school
	safety fund, and the state highway fund 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.
	(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, except as provided by Subsection (c-2) of this
	section, allocate:
	(1)  one-half to the state highway [economic
	stabilization] fund;
	(2)  to the state school safety fund the lesser of:
	(A)  $1.1 billion; or
	(B)  one-half of the sum of those amounts; and
	(3)  the remainder to the economic stabilization [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 school safety fund and the state
	highway fund in amounts provided by general law. 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.
	(c-3)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c-1) of this section, for
	the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2024, the comptroller
	of public accounts shall reduce the amount allocated for transfer
	to the economic stabilization fund and increase the amount
	allocated for transfer to the state school safety fund under
	Subsection (c-1) of this section for that state fiscal year by the
	lesser of:
	(1)  $1.1 billion; or
	(2)  the amount allocated for transfer to the economic
	stabilization fund under Subsection (c-1) of this section for that
	state fiscal year.
	(c-4)  Subsection (c-3) of this section and this subsection
	expire September 1, 2026.
	SECTION 2.  Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by
	adding Section 7 to read as follows:
	Sec. 7.  (a) The state school safety fund is created as a
	special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue
	fund. Money in the state school safety fund shall be administered,
	without further appropriation, by the commissioner of education, or
	the successor public officer of this state with authority over
	primary and secondary education. In accordance with general law,
	the state school safety fund may be used only to provide ongoing
	financial support for projects that ensure the safety of public
	schools in this state as provided by legislation. Separate
	accounts may be established in the state school safety fund as