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TX HJR85
Joint Resolution
Status
11/12/2024
Primary Sponsor
Stan Lambert
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AI Summary
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Creates two new constitutional funds: the permanent instruction in manufacturing and technical workforce operations fund and the available instruction in manufacturing and technical workforce operations fund, established outside general revenue to support capital needs of technical education programs
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Appropriates $1.5 billion from general revenue to the permanent fund on January 1, 2026, with annual distributions capped at 5.5% of the fund's fair market value
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Allocates distributions two-thirds to Texas State Technical College System and one-third to Texas State University System for specific institutions: Lamar Institute of Technology, Lamar State College–Orange, and Lamar State College–Port Arthur
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Authorizes fund expenditures for land acquisition, building construction and repair, capital equipment (including instructional, virtual reality, and heavy industrial equipment), library materials, and bond debt service—but prohibits use for intercollegiate athletics or auxiliary enterprises
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Repeals existing limitations on Texas State Technical College System's allocation from constitutionally dedicated higher education funding under Article VII, Section 17(d-1), and will be submitted to voters on November 4, 2025
Legislative Description
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System and certain component institutions of the Texas State University System and repealing the limitation on the allocation to the Texas State Technical College System and its campuses of the annual appropriation of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education.
State Finances
Last Action
Referred to Higher Education
3/7/2025