Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	84R1908 JAM-D
2	2	By: Pickett H.J.R. No. 27
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5	5	A JOINT RESOLUTION
6	6	proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the uses of revenue
7	7	from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on motor fuels and
8	8	lubricants, and certain revenue received from the federal
9	9	government.
10	10	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
12	12	is amended to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 7-a. (a) Subject to legislative appropriation,
14	14	allocation and direction, all net revenues remaining after payment
15	15	of all refunds allowed by law and expenses of collection derived
16	16	from motor vehicle registration fees, and all taxes, except gross
17	17	production and ad valorem taxes, on motor fuels and lubricants used
18	18	to propel motor vehicles over public roadways, shall be used for the
19	19	sole purpose of acquiring rights-of-way, constructing,
20	20	maintaining, and policing such public roadways, and for the
21	21	administration of such laws as may be prescribed by the Legislature
22	22	pertaining to the supervision of traffic and safety on such roads;
23	23	[and for the payment of the principal and interest on county and
24	24	road district bonds or warrants voted or issued prior to January 2,
25	25	1939, and declared eligible prior to January 2, 1945, for payment
26	26	out of the County and Road District Highway Fund under existing
27	27	law;] provided, however, that one-fourth (1/4) of such net revenue
28	28	from the motor fuel tax shall be allocated to the Available School
29	29	Fund; and, provided, however, that the net revenue derived by
30	30	counties from motor vehicle registration fees shall never be less
31	31	than the maximum amounts allowed to be retained by each County and
32	32	the percentage allowed to be retained by each County under the laws
33	33	in effect on January 1, 1945. Nothing contained herein shall be
34	34	construed as authorizing the pledging of the State's credit for any
35	35	purpose.
36	36	(b) For a biennium, the Legislature may not appropriate
37	37	funds derived from the revenue described by Subsection (a) of this
38	38	section or Section 7-b of this article for a purpose other than
39	39	acquiring rights-of-way or constructing or maintaining public
40	40	roadways in an amount that exceeds the lesser of:
41	41	(1) the total amount of those funds appropriated for a
42	42	purpose other than acquiring rights-of-way or constructing or
43	43	maintaining public roadways in the preceding biennium; or
44	44	(2) the amount determined under Subsection (c) of this
45	45	section.
46	46	(c) For each biennium, the maximum amount that may be
47	47	appropriated as provided by Subsection (b) of this section is
48	48	reduced by 20 percent from the preceding biennium if the estimate of
49	49	anticipated revenue from all sources made in advance of the regular
50	50	session under Section 49a(a), Article III, of this constitution for
51	51	the biennium exceeds the total amount of revenue from all sources
52	52	for the preceding biennium by more than three times the amount of
53	53	the reduction.
54	54	SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
55	55	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015.
56	56	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
57	57	proposition: "The constitutional amendment limiting the uses of
58	58	revenue from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on motor fuels
59	59	and lubricants, and certain revenue received from the federal
60	60	government."