89R230 KBT-D     By: Raymond H.J.R. No. 81       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the dedication by   general law of money received by this state and money held in or   deposited to an account or fund inside or outside the state treasury   and the authorized expenditure or appropriation of money dedicated   by general law.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by   adding Section 26 to read as follows:          Sec. 26.  (a)  The legislature by general law may dedicate   to one or more particular purposes the appropriation or expenditure   of money:                (1)  received by this state from one or more particular   sources; or                (2)  held in or deposited to an identified account or   fund inside or outside the state treasury.          (b)  Subsection (a) of this section does not authorize a   dedication by general law of money otherwise dedicated by this   constitution in a manner that is inconsistent with that   constitutional dedication.          (c)  Money the appropriation or expenditure of which is   dedicated by general law to a purpose or purposes as described by   Subsection (a) of this section may not be appropriated or expended   for any purpose other than the dedicated purpose or purposes,   except as authorized by a subsequently adopted general law that:                (1)  expressly amends or repeals the general law under   which the money was dedicated; and                (2)  is adopted by a record vote of two-thirds of the   membership of both houses of the legislature.          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 89th Legislature,   Regular Session, 2025, regarding the dedication by general law of   money received by this state and money held in or deposited to an   account or fund inside or outside the state treasury and the   authorized expenditure or appropriation of money dedicated by   general law.          (b)  Section 26, Article VIII, of this constitution takes   effect September 1, 2027, and applies only to appropriations   authorized for or expenditures during a state fiscal year beginning   on or after that date.          (c)  This temporary provision expires January 1, 2028.          SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be   submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.   The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the   proposition: "The constitutional amendment regarding the   dedication by general law of money received by this state and money   held in or deposited to an account or fund inside or outside the   state treasury and the authorized expenditure or appropriation of   money dedicated by general law."