Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

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1	1	81R6716 JD-D
2	2	By: Wentworth S.J.R. No. 22
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5	5	A JOINT RESOLUTION
6	6	proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the purposes for
7	7	which revenues from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on motor
8	8	fuels and lubricants, and certain revenues received from the
9	9	federal government may be used.
10	10	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Sections 7-a and 7-b, Article VIII, Texas
12	12	Constitution, are amended to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 7-a. Subject to legislative appropriation, allocation
14	14	and direction, all net revenues remaining after payment of all
15	15	refunds allowed by law and expenses of collection derived from
16	16	motor vehicle registration fees, and all taxes, except gross
17	17	production and ad valorem taxes, on motor fuels and lubricants used
18	18	to propel motor vehicles over public roadways, shall be used for the
19	19	sole purpose of acquiring rights-of-way and [,] constructing and
20	20	[,] maintaining[, and policing] such public roadways[, and for the
21	21	administration of such laws as may be prescribed by the Legislature
22	22	pertaining to the supervision of traffic and safety on such roads;
23	23	and for the payment of the principal and interest on county and road
24	24	district bonds or warrants voted or issued prior to January 2, 1939,
25	25	and declared eligible prior to January 2, 1945, for payment out of
26	26	the County and Road District Highway Fund under existing law];
27	27	provided, however, that one-fourth (1/4) of such net revenue from
28	28	the motor fuel tax shall be allocated to the Available School Fund;
29	29	and, provided, however, that the net revenue derived by counties
30	30	from motor vehicle registration fees shall never be less than the
31	31	maximum amounts allowed to be retained by each County and the
32	32	percentage allowed to be retained by each County under the laws in
33	33	effect on January 1, 1945. Nothing contained herein shall be
34	34	construed as authorizing the pledging of the State's credit for any
35	35	purpose.
36	36	Sec. 7-b. All revenues received from the federal government
37	37	as reimbursement for state expenditures of funds that are
38	38	themselves dedicated for acquiring rights-of-way and constructing
39	39	and[,] maintaining[, and policing] public roadways are also
40	40	constitutionally dedicated and shall be used only for those
41	41	purposes.
42	42	SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to
43	43	the Texas Constitution:
44	44	TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies
45	45	to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 81st Legislature,
46	46	Regular Session, 2009, to limit the purposes for which revenues
47	47	from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on motor fuels and
48	48	lubricants, and certain revenues received from the federal
49	49	government may be used.
50	50	(b) The changes to Sections 7-a and 7-b, Article VIII, of
51	51	this constitution made by the amendment apply only in connection
52	52	with a state fiscal biennium that begins on or after September 1,
53	53	2011.
54	54	SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
55	55	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009.
56	56	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
57	57	proposition: "The constitutional amendment to limit the purposes
58	58	for which revenues from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on
59	59	motor fuels and lubricants, and certain revenues received from the
60	60	federal government may be used."