By: Johnson, Zaffirini S.J.R. No. 82       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION         proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of   the Texas power resiliency fund to finance backup power sources.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by   adding Section 49-q to read as follows:          Sec. 49-q.  (a) The Texas power resiliency fund is created   as a special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue   fund.          (b)  As provided by general law, money in the Texas power   resiliency fund may be used without further appropriation and   administered only by the Texas Division of Emergency Management or   that division's successor in function to procure and deploy backup   power sources and to provide grants and loans to finance the   operation of backup power sources.          (c)  The entity administering the Texas power resiliency   fund may establish separate accounts in the fund as necessary or   convenient for the fund's administration.          (d)  The Texas power resiliency fund consists of:                (1)  money credited, appropriated, or transferred to   the fund by the legislature;                (2)  revenue that the legislature dedicates for deposit   to the credit of the fund;                (3)  the returns received from the investment of the   money in the fund; and                (4)  gifts, grants, and donations contributed to the   credit of the fund.          (e)  The reasonable expenses of managing the fund's assets   shall be paid from the fund.          (f)  For purposes of Section 22, Article VIII, of this   constitution:                (1)  money in the Texas power resiliency 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 Texas power   resiliency fund is treated as if it were an appropriation of   revenues dedicated by this constitution.          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 Texas power resiliency fund to finance backup power   sources."