82R519 JAM-D
By: Larson, Lavender H.B. No. 1131
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 201.115(d), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding Section 222.001, money in the state
highway fund may be used to repay a loan under this section, if
permissible under the Texas Constitution and appropriated by the
legislature for that purpose.
SECTION 2. Section 222.001, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) Money that is required to be used for public roadways by
the Texas Constitution or federal law and that is deposited in the
state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, including
money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund under Title
23, United States Code, may be used only:
(1) to improve the state highway system; or
(2) to mitigate adverse environmental effects that
result directly from construction or maintenance of a state highway
by the department[; or
[(3) by the Department of Public Safety to police the
state highway system and to administer state laws relating to
traffic and safety on public roads].
(c) Except as otherwise provided by this code, money in the
state highway fund that is not described by Subsection (a) may be
used only to improve the state highway system.
SECTION 3. Section 222.073, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 222.073. PURPOSES OF INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. To the
extent permissible under [Notwithstanding] Section 222.001, the
commission shall use money deposited in the bank to:
(1) encourage public and private investment in
transportation facilities both within and outside of the state
highway system, including facilities that contribute to the
multimodal and intermodal transportation capabilities of the
state; and
(2) develop financing techniques designed to:
(A) expand the availability of funding for
transportation projects and to reduce direct state costs;
(B) maximize private and local participation in
financing projects; and
(C) improve the efficiency of the state
transportation system.
SECTION 4. Section 222.002, Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect only if the constitutional
amendment proposed by the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011,
to limit the purposes for which revenues from motor vehicle
registration fees, taxes on motor fuels and lubricants, and certain
revenues received from the federal government may be used is
approved by the voters. If that amendment is not approved by the
voters, this Act has no effect.