85R13119 JRJ-D     By: Menéndez S.J.R. No. 56       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment regarding a transfer of money   from the economic stabilization fund to the permanent fund   supporting military and veterans exemptions to fund tuition and fee   exemptions for children of veterans.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 49-g, Article III, Texas Constitution,   is amended by adding Subsection (p) to read as follows:          (p)  Not later than the 30th day after the effective date of   this provision, the comptroller shall transfer $400 million from   the economic stabilization fund to the permanent fund supporting   military and veterans exemptions. The transferred amount shall be   held in the permanent fund supporting military and veterans   exemptions and any interest or other earnings attributable to that   amount shall be credited to the permanent fund supporting military   and veterans exemptions as amounts available to be appropriated to   offset the cost to public institutions of higher education of   providing tuition and fee exemptions to children of veterans as   provided by general law.          SECTION 2.  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   transfer of $400 million from the economic stabilization fund to   the permanent fund supporting military and veterans exemptions to   fund tuition and fee exemptions for children of veterans."