| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed January 16, 2015; February 2, 2015, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; |
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| 4 | | - | April 20, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | | - | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 4; April 20, 2015, |
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| 6 | | - | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 321 By: Huffines |
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| 2 | + | (Pickett) |
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| 10 | 4 | | |
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| 11 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 7 | | relating to the amount of money transferred monthly from the state |
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| 14 | 8 | | highway fund to the Texas emissions reduction plan fund. |
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| 15 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Sections 501.138(b-1) and (b-2), Transportation |
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| 17 | 11 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 12 | | (b-1) Fees collected under Subsection (b) to be sent to the |
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| 19 | 13 | | comptroller shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Mobility |
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| 20 | 14 | | Fund[, except that $5 of each fee imposed under Subsection (a)(1) |
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| 21 | 15 | | and deposited on or after September 1, 2008, and before September 1, |
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| 22 | 16 | | 2015, shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas emissions |
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| 23 | 17 | | reduction plan fund]. |
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| 24 | 18 | | (b-2) The comptroller shall establish a record of the amount |
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| 25 | 19 | | of the fees deposited to the credit of the Texas Mobility Fund under |
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| 26 | 20 | | Subsection (b-1) that are attributable to applicants described by |
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| 27 | 21 | | Subsection (b)(3)(A). On or before the fifth workday of each |
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| 28 | 22 | | month, the Texas Department of Transportation shall remit to the |
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| 29 | 23 | | comptroller for deposit to the credit of the Texas emissions |
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| 30 | 24 | | reduction plan fund an amount of money equal to the amount of those |
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| 31 | 25 | | [the] fees deposited [by the comptroller to the credit of the Texas |
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| 32 | 26 | | Mobility Fund under Subsection (b-1)] in the preceding month. The |
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| 33 | 27 | | Texas Department of Transportation shall use for remittance to the |
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| 34 | 28 | | comptroller as required by this subsection money in the state |
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| 35 | 29 | | highway fund that is not required to be used for a purpose specified |
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| 36 | 30 | | by Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, and may not use |
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| 37 | 31 | | for that remittance money received by this state under the |
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| 38 | 32 | | congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program |
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| 39 | 33 | | established under 23 U.S.C. Section 149. |
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| 40 | 34 | | SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Transportation is not |
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| 41 | 35 | | required to comply with Section 501.138(b-2), Transportation Code, |
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| 42 | 36 | | as amended by this Act, until October 1, 2015. Before October 1, |
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| 43 | 37 | | 2015, the Texas Department of Transportation shall comply with |
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| 44 | 38 | | Section 501.138(b-2), Transportation Code, as it existed on August |
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| 45 | 39 | | 31, 2015, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 46 | 40 | | purpose. |
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| 47 | 41 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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