Article III, Section 49-e-1 of the Texas Constitution ("Centennial Parks Conservation Fund")
Added November 7, 2023:
(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.
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Library Resources
- Vernon's Annotated Constitution of the State of Texas (this multi-volume and up-to-date resource is available at all law libraries and many municipal libraries)
- The Texas State Constitution: A Reference Guide (this one-volume resource is available at most law libraries and some municipal libraries)
- The Constitution of the State of Texas: An Annotated and Comparative Analysis (this two-volume resource is available at most law libraries and some municipal libraries)
Online Resources
- Constitution of the State of Texas (1876) (this resource is published and maintained by the University of Texas School of Law)
- Amendments to the Texas Constitution Since 1876 (this resource is published and regularly updated by the Legislative Council)
- Reports Analyzing Proposed Amendments (this resource is published and regularly updated by the Legislative Reference Library)