83R10141 JAM-F
By: Pickett H.J.R. No. 107
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
to impose by general law an additional motor vehicle registration
fee to be deposited into the Texas Mobility Fund.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 7-a. (a) Subject to legislative appropriation,
allocation and direction, all net revenues remaining after payment
of all refunds allowed by law and expenses of collection derived
from motor vehicle registration fees, and all taxes, except gross
production and ad valorem taxes, on motor fuels and lubricants used
to propel motor vehicles over public roadways, shall be used for the
sole purpose of acquiring rights-of-way, constructing,
maintaining, and policing such public roadways, and for the
administration of such laws as may be prescribed by the Legislature
pertaining to the supervision of traffic and safety on such roads;
[and for the payment of the principal and interest on county and
road district bonds or warrants voted or issued prior to January 2,
1939, and declared eligible prior to January 2, 1945, for payment
out of the County and Road District Highway Fund under existing
law;] provided, however, that one-fourth (1/4) of such net revenue
from the motor fuel tax shall be allocated to the Available School
Fund; and, provided, however, that the net revenue derived by
counties from motor vehicle registration fees shall never be less
than the maximum amounts allowed to be retained by each County and
the percentage allowed to be retained by each County under the laws
in effect on January 1, 1945. Nothing contained herein shall be
construed as authorizing the pledging of the State's credit for any
purpose.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this section, the
legislature by general law may impose an additional motor vehicle
registration fee, the revenue from which shall be deposited to the
credit of the Texas Mobility Fund and used for any purpose for which
money in that fund may be used.
SECTION 2. Section 49-k(e), Article III, Texas
Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
(e) The legislature by law may dedicate to the fund one or
more specific sources or portions, or a specific amount, of the
revenue, including taxes, and other money of the state that are not
otherwise dedicated by this constitution. Except as provided by
Section 7-a(b), Article VIII, of this constitution, the [The]
legislature may not dedicate money from the collection of motor
vehicle registration fees and taxes on motor fuels and lubricants
dedicated by Section 7-a, Article VIII, of this constitution, but
it may dedicate money received from other sources that are
allocated to the same costs as those dedicated taxes and fees.
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
legislature to impose by general law an additional motor vehicle
registration fee to be deposited into the Texas Mobility Fund."