By: Lopez of Bexar H.J.R. No. 24       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment to require the legislature to   appropriate funds to state institutions of higher education to fund   certain education programs for veterans.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by   adding Section 21 to read as follows:          Sec. 21.  The legislature shall appropriate to each state   institution of higher education, out of the first money coming into   the treasury not otherwise appropriated by this constitution, an   amount sufficient to fund at least 50 percent of the cost to the   institutions of providing tuition and fee exemptions for veterans   under a program created by the legislature by general law.          SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be   submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.   The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the   proposition:  "The constitutional amendment requiring the   legislature to appropriate funds to state institutions of higher   education to fund certain education programs for veterans."