By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 15
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing funding for constructing, maintaining, and
acquiring rights-of-way for public roadways other than toll roads;
making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "biennial state taxes
and fees general revenue estimate" means the amount of revenue
stated in the comptroller's estimate provided in advance of the
regular legislative session as required by Section 49a, Article
III, Texas Constitution, that, based on the laws in effect at the
time the estimate is made, is anticipated to be received by and for
the state from collections of taxes and fees the revenue from which
is anticipated to be deposited to the credit of the general revenue
fund and is not set aside by law for a particular purpose or entity.
SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND: TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. The amount of $630 million is
appropriated from the general revenue fund for the state fiscal
biennium beginning September 1, 2013, to the Texas Department of
Transportation to be used only for constructing, maintaining, and
acquiring rights-of-way for public roadways other than toll roads.
SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION FROM ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FUND:
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. (a) On the 91st day of the state
fiscal year beginning September 1, 2013, an amount of money equal to
the amount by which transfers to the economic stabilization fund
during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2013, exceed the
estimated amount of transfers to be made to that fund during that
fiscal year as contained in the biennial state taxes and fees
general revenue estimate for the state fiscal biennium ending
August 31, 2013, is appropriated from the economic stabilization
fund to the comptroller of public accounts for the purpose of
immediately depositing that amount to the credit of the state
highway fund. Money deposited to the credit of the state highway
fund under this section is appropriated to the Texas Department of
Transportation for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31,
2015, for the purposes of constructing, maintaining, and acquiring
rights-of-way for public roadways other than toll roads.
(b) On the 91st day of the state fiscal year beginning
September 1, 2014, an amount of money equal to the amount by which
transfers to the economic stabilization fund during the state
fiscal year ending August 31, 2014, exceed the estimated amount of
transfers to be made to that fund during that fiscal year as
contained in the biennial state taxes and fees general revenue
estimate for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, is
appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the
comptroller of public accounts for the purpose of immediately
depositing that amount to the credit of the state highway fund.
Money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund under this
section is appropriated to the Texas Department of Transportation
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, for the
purposes of constructing, maintaining, and acquiring rights-of-way
for public roadways other than toll roads.
(c) This section expires January 1, 2016.
(d) This section takes effect only if this Act receives a
vote of two-thirds of the members present in each house of the
legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas
Constitution.
SECTION 4. DEPOSIT OF CERTAIN GENERAL REVENUE TO STATE
HIGHWAY FUND. (a) On the 91st day of the state fiscal biennium
beginning September 1, 2015, the comptroller of public accounts
shall deposit an amount of money determined as provided by this
subsection to the credit of the state highway fund. The amount of
money deposited under this subsection is the amount by which
revenue received by this state during the state fiscal biennium
ending August 31, 2015, from collections of taxes and fees that is
anticipated to be deposited to the credit of the general revenue
fund and is not set aside for a particular purpose or entity exceeds
the estimated amount of that revenue for that fiscal biennium as
contained in the biennial state taxes and fees general revenue
estimate for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015. The
amount of money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund
under this subsection may not exceed $2,000,000,000. Money
deposited to the credit of the state highway fund under this section
may be used only for the purposes of constructing, maintaining, and
acquiring rights-of-way for public roadways other than toll roads.
(b) This section expires January 1, 2016.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided by
this Act:
(1) this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution; and
(2) if this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.