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| 1 | 1 | 81R1860 CBH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Carona S.J.R. No. 8 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | |
| 7 | 7 | to provide for automatic adjustments of the rates of motor fuels | |
| 8 | 8 | taxes. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Section 7-c to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 7-c. The legislature by general law may authorize the | |
| 13 | 13 | comptroller of public accounts to automatically adjust the rates of | |
| 14 | 14 | taxes imposed on motor fuels. A general law authorizing the | |
| 15 | 15 | comptroller of public accounts to automatically adjust the rates | |
| 16 | 16 | must prescribe the manner in which the comptroller may adjust the | |
| 17 | 17 | rates and may include a provision basing the adjustment wholly or | |
| 18 | 18 | partly on one or more price or cost index published by an agency of | |
| 19 | 19 | the United States. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 21 | 21 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. | |
| 22 | 22 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 23 | 23 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | |
| 24 | 24 | legislature to provide for automatic adjustments of the rates of | |
| 25 | 25 | motor fuels taxes." |