HJR207 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate unfunded or underfunded costs and requirements on a school district.

  89R18393 KRM-D     By: Plesa H.J.R. No. 207       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the   legislature to mandate unfunded or underfunded costs and   requirements on a school district.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by   adding Section 8a to read as follows:           Sec.   8a.     (a)   The legislature may not enact a law that   requires a school district to comply with an unfunded or   underfunded mandate that establishes, expands, or modifies a duty   or activity of the school district and requires an expenditure of   revenue by the school district, unless the legislature appropriates   or otherwise provides, from a source other than the revenue of the   school district, for the payment or reimbursement of the costs   incurred by the school district in complying with the mandate.             (b)     Any proposed legislation that requires an expenditure   of revenue by a school district to comply with a mandate must   include a detailed fiscal impact statement estimating the projected   cost to each school district affected by the proposed legislation.            SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be   submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.   The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the   proposition: "The constitutional amendment to restrict the power   of the legislature to mandate unfunded or underfunded costs and   requirements on a school district."