84R4429 CJC-D
By: Sanford H.B. No. 1836
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of certain sales tax revenue to the state
highway fund and to the uses of that revenue.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 151.801, Tax Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Except for the amounts allocated under Subsections (b),
(b-1), and (c), all proceeds from the collection of the taxes
imposed by this chapter shall be deposited to the credit of the
general revenue fund.
(b-1) In addition to the amount deposited under Subsection
(b), the comptroller shall deposit an amount equal to 10 percent of
the proceeds from the collection of the taxes imposed by this
chapter to the credit of the state highway fund. Money deposited to
the credit of the state highway fund under this subsection may not
be used for:
(1) a toll road; or
(2) a mass transit rail system.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect taxes imposed before the effective date of this Act, and the
law in effect before the effective date of this Act is continued in
effect for purposes of the liability for and deposit of those taxes.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.