88R21716 JES-F     By: King of Hemphill H.J.R. No. 170     Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 170:     By:  Lozano C.S.H.J.R. No. 170       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment creating the state school   safety fund to provide financial support for projects that enhance   the safety of public schools in this state.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  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 Texas Permanent School Fund   Corporation or that corporation's successor in function. In   accordance with general law, the state school safety fund may be   used only to support projects to enhance the safety of public   schools in this state, including projects to ensure public schools   meet school safety standards established by the Texas Education   Agency or that agency's successor in function. Separate accounts   may be established in the state school safety fund as necessary or   convenient to administer the fund or the supported projects.          (b)  The legislature by general law may authorize the Texas   Permanent School Fund Corporation or that corporation's successor   in function to provide money from the state school safety fund to   the Texas Education Agency or that agency's successor in function   for purposes of providing financial assistance, including by direct   grant to an independent school district or open-enrollment charter   school, for projects described under Subsection (a) of this   section.          (c)  The state school safety fund consists of:                (1)  money appropriated to the fund;                (2)  money transferred or deposited to the credit of   the fund by general law, including money from any source   transferred or deposited to the credit of the fund at the discretion   of the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation or the Texas   Education Agency or that corporation's or agency's successor in   function as authorized by general law;                (3)  revenue from any source that the legislature by   statute dedicates for deposit to the credit of the fund;                (4)  investment earnings and interest earned on amounts   credited to the fund;                (5)  money appropriated by the legislature for the   purposes of funding public schools that is determined by the   commissioner of education to exceed the amount required for the   support and maintenance of public schools, including amounts to   which the public schools of this state are entitled under general   law; and                (6)  money transferred to the fund from another fund or   account to which money from the fund was transferred, as authorized   by general law.          (d)  The legislature by general law shall provide for the   manner in which money in the state school safety fund may be used,   subject to the limitations provided by this section. The   legislature by general law may provide for costs of investment and   administration of the state school safety fund to be paid from the   fund.          (e)  For the purposes of Section 22, Article VIII, of this   constitution, an appropriation of money from the economic   stabilization fund for the purpose of depositing that money to the   credit of the state school safety fund is considered to be an   appropriation of state tax revenues dedicated by this constitution.          (f)  This section is intended to establish a basic framework   of the state school safety fund, and the legislature by general law   may provide for the implementation and effectuate the design and   objects of this section and may delegate duties, responsibilities,   functions, and authority to the Texas Permanent School Fund   Corporation or the Texas Education Agency or that corporation's or   agency's successor in function for those purposes.          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 creating the state   school safety fund to provide financial support for projects that   enhance the safety of public schools in this state."