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1	1	82R22938 JAM-D
2	2	By: Larson, Phillips, Pickett, Harper-Brown, H.J.R. No. 84
3	3	Lavender
4	4	Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 84:
5	5	By: Pickett C.S.H.J.R. No. 84
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8	8	A JOINT RESOLUTION
9	9	proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the purposes for
10	10	which revenues from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on motor
11	11	fuels and lubricants, and certain revenues received from the
12	12	federal government may be used.
13	13	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
15	15	is amended to read as follows:
16	16	Sec. 7-a. (a) Subject to legislative appropriation,
17	17	allocation and direction, all net revenues remaining after payment
18	18	of all refunds allowed by law and expenses of collection derived
19	19	from motor vehicle registration fees, and all taxes, except gross
20	20	production and ad valorem taxes, on motor fuels and lubricants used
21	21	to propel motor vehicles over public roadways, shall be used for the
22	22	sole purpose of acquiring rights-of-way, constructing,
23	23	maintaining, and policing such public roadways, and for the
24	24	administration of such laws as may be prescribed by the Legislature
25	25	pertaining to the supervision of traffic and safety on such roads;
26	26	[and for the payment of the principal and interest on county and
27	27	road district bonds or warrants voted or issued prior to January 2,
28	28	1939, and declared eligible prior to January 2, 1945, for payment
29	29	out of the County and Road District Highway Fund under existing
30	30	law;] provided, however, that one-fourth (1/4) of such net revenue
31	31	from the motor fuel tax shall be allocated to the Available School
32	32	Fund; and, provided, however, that the net revenue derived by
33	33	counties from motor vehicle registration fees shall never be less
34	34	than the maximum amounts allowed to be retained by each County and
35	35	the percentage allowed to be retained by each County under the laws
36	36	in effect on January 1, 1945. Nothing contained herein shall be
37	37	construed as authorizing the pledging of the State's credit for any
38	38	purpose.
39	39	(b) For a biennium, the Legislature may not appropriate
40	40	funds derived from the revenue described by Subsection (a) of this
41	41	section or Section 7-b of this article for a purpose other than
42	42	acquiring rights-of-way or constructing or maintaining public
43	43	roadways in an amount that exceeds the lesser of:
44	44	(1) the total amount of those funds appropriated for a
45	45	purpose other than acquiring rights-of-way or constructing or
46	46	maintaining public roadways in the preceding biennium; or
47	47	(2) the amount determined under Subsection (c) of this
48	48	section.
49	49	(c) For each biennium, the maximum amount that may be
50	50	appropriated as provided by Subsection (b) of this section is
51	51	reduced by 20 percent from the preceding biennium if the estimate of
52	52	anticipated revenue from all sources made in advance of the regular
53	53	session under Section 49a(a), Article III, of this constitution for
54	54	the biennium exceeds the total amount of revenue from all sources
55	55	for the preceding biennium by more than three times the amount of
56	56	the reduction.
57	57	SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to
58	58	the Texas Constitution:
59	59	TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies
60	60	to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 82nd Legislature,
61	61	Regular Session, 2011, to limit the purposes for which revenues
62	62	from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on motor fuels and
63	63	lubricants, and certain revenues received from the federal
64	64	government may be used.
65	65	(b) The changes to Section 7-a, Article VIII, of this
66	66	constitution made by the amendment apply only in connection with a
67	67	state fiscal biennium that begins on or after September 1, 2013.
68	68	(c) This temporary provision expires September 2, 2013.
69	69	SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
70	70	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
71	71	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
72	72	proposition: "The constitutional amendment to limit the purposes
73	73	for which revenues from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on
74	74	motor fuels and lubricants, and certain revenues received from the
75	75	federal government may be used."