By: Perry, et al. S.B. No. 139
(Pickett)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to use of money in the state highway fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 222.001(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Money that is required to be used for public roadways by
the Texas Constitution or federal law and that is deposited in the
state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, including
money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund under Title
23, United States Code, may be used only:
(1) to improve the state highway system; or
(2) to mitigate adverse environmental effects that
result directly from construction or maintenance of a state highway
by the department[; or
[(3) by the Department of Public Safety to police the
state highway system and to administer state laws relating to
traffic and safety on public roads].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect only if the constitutional
amendment proposed by the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015,
prescribing the purposes for which revenue from motor vehicle
registration fees, taxes on motor fuels and lubricants, and certain
revenues received from the federal government may be used is
approved by the voters. If that amendment is not approved by the
voters, this Act has no effect.