Logos Stick said:
WRONG! It's not a spending mandate and it is funded by the ESF. There is NO new spending and NO new taxes. Everything done by the TSTC board of trustees is fully transparent and open to public scrutiny and review by the legislature at will. Its not unaccountable!
Ever heard of Texas A&M? They get money from the PUF each year and it is NOT approved by the legislature. That funding flows automatically based on established constitutional and statutory formulas, making it a stable, hands-off revenue stream for the university system. That's what this amendment does for TSTC. The state owns that land and those royalties and yet its given to A&M without legislative oversight!
OH NOES! An unaccountable slush fund!!!! LOLOL
It's a funding mandate. Your plan is no reduction in spending or other revenue source, let's just raid the Rainy Day Fund?
I have heard of Texas A&M. And a beacon of good fiscal management it is not.
This does not belong in the Constitution.


