S.J.R. No. 74         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, credited, or transferred to   the fund by the legislature;                (2)  gifts, grants, and donations received by the Parks   and Wildlife Department or the department's successor in function   for a purpose for which money in the fund may be used under this   section; and                (3)  investment earnings and interest earned on amounts   credited to 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.          (e)  The reasonable expenses of managing the fund and its   assets shall be paid from the fund.          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."               ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 74 was adopted by the Senate   on April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 3; and   that the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 21, 2023, by   the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 74 was adopted by the House,   with amendments, on May 15, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 123,   Nays 21, one present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Received:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________         Secretary of State