| 1 | 1 | | 84R4470 MTB-D |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 3520 |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | relating to the disposition of permit fees for the movement of |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | oversize or overweight vehicles on certain highways. |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 623.323, Transportation Code, as added |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | by Chapter 635 (H.B. 474), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | Session, 2013, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | (b) Of each fee [Fees] collected under Subsection (a), the |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | authority: |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | (1) may retain 15 percent for administrative costs; |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | and |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | (2) shall send to be used only for the construction and |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | maintenance of the roads described by or designated under this |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | subchapter: |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | (A) 60 percent [Section 623.322 and for the |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | authority's administrative costs, which may not exceed 15 percent |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | of the fees collected. The authority shall make payments] to the |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | Texas Department of Transportation; and |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | (B) 25 percent to the municipalities responsible |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | for maintenance of those roads [to provide funds for the |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | maintenance of roads and highways subject to this subchapter]. |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | (c) The distribution made to a municipality under |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | Subsection (b)(2)(B) is based on the percentage of miles of road |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | maintained by the municipality as compared to the total miles of |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | road maintained by all municipalities. |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|---|
| 33 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|---|
| 34 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|---|
| 35 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|---|
| 36 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
|---|