Since we are covering Texas Constitution in 2301, we ought to point out that there will elections on November 6th for the 16 amendments proposed by the legislature this past spring.
This link takes you to the analysis conducted by the Texas Legislative Council.
Here is another link that analyses them in a more condensed form.
None are a remotely controversial as the same-sex marriage ban which was approved last time, or the restriction on medical liability lawsuits the time before that. Most touch on tax issues, and the allowance of bonds to be issued for specific purposes. Texas is a pay as you go state, so unless there is a constitutional authorization, the only funds that can be spent for a specific purpose in a two year funding cycle are those earned in that two year cycle.
The most interesting one for this area is #15 which would authorize $3 Billion to be spent for a Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. No word on where this center will be and if the funds will be dispersed throughout the state or concentrated in one place. I hear lips smacking at the Texas Medical Center.
