83S10373 JAM-F
By: Uresti S.J.R. No. 7
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a transportation
infrastructure fund to assist counties in alleviating degradation
to highways caused by the exploration, development, or production
of oil or gas.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 49-q to read as follows:
Sec. 49-q. (a) The transportation infrastructure fund is
established as a special fund in the state treasury.
(b) In each fiscal year, the comptroller of public accounts
shall transfer from the economic stabilization fund to the
transportation infrastructure fund three percent of the amount
transferred to the economic stabilization fund in that fiscal year
under Subsection (c) of Section 49-g of this article.
(c) Money in the transportation infrastructure fund may be
appropriated only for the purpose of assisting counties in this
state in the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of
transportation infrastructure that is intended to alleviate
degradation to highways caused by the exploration, development, or
production of oil or gas.
SECTION 2. 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 establishing a
transportation infrastructure fund to assist counties in
alleviating degradation to highways caused by the exploration,
development, or production of oil or gas."