By: Parker, Blanco S.J.R. No. 74          (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2023; March 16, 2023, read   first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural   Affairs; April 18, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable   Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0;   April 18, 2023, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 74 By:  Hancock     SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION       proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of   the centennial parks conservation fund.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by   adding Section 49-e-1 to read as follows:          Sec. 49-e-1.  (a)  The centennial parks conservation fund is   established as a trust fund outside the treasury.  In accordance   with general law, the fund may be used only for the creation and   improvement of state parks.          (b)  The centennial parks conservation fund consists of:                (1)  money appropriated to the fund;                (2)  money transferred or deposited to the credit of   the fund by general law;                (3)  investment earnings and interest earned on amounts   credited to the fund; and                (4)  gifts, grants, and donations received for the   fund.          (c)  The legislature may appropriate money from the   centennial parks conservation fund to the Parks and Wildlife   Department or the department's successor in function for the   purposes prescribed for the fund by this section and general law.          (d)  For purposes of Section 22, Article VIII, of this   constitution:                (1)  money in the centennial parks conservation 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 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 centennial parks conservation fund to be used for   the creation and improvement of state parks."     * * * * *