By: Heflin H.B. No. 2613
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of gasoline tax to county roads.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection 162.503(3), Tax Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(3) from the remaining one-fourth of the tax the
comptroller shall:
(A) deposit to the credit of the county and road
district highway fund all the remaining tax receipts until a total
of [$7,300,000] $15,000,000 has been credited to the fund each
fiscal year and deposit to the credit of the special county road
assistance program, established by Subchapter D, Chapter 615, Local
Government Code, a total of $15,000,000 each fiscal year; and
(B) after the amount required to be deposited to
the county and road district highway fund and the special county
road assistance program has been deposited, deposit to the credit
of the state highway fund the remainder of the one-fourth of the
tax, the amount to be provided on the basis of allocations made each
month of the fiscal year, which sum shall be used by the Texas
Department of Transportation for the construction, improvement,
and maintenance of farm-to-market roads.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.