Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	By: Perry, et al. S.J.R. No. 12
2	2	(Pickett)
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5	5	proposing a constitutional amendment prescribing the purposes for
6	6	which revenue from motor vehicle registration fees, certain motor
7	7	vehicle-related taxes, and certain revenues received from the
8	8	federal government may be used.
9	9	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Sections 7-a and 7-b, Article VIII, Texas
11	11	Constitution, are amended to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 7-a. Subject to legislative appropriation, allocation
13	13	and direction, all net revenues remaining after payment of all
14	14	refunds allowed by law and expenses of collection derived from
15	15	motor vehicle registration fees, and all taxes, except gross
16	16	production and ad valorem taxes, on motor fuels and lubricants used
17	17	to propel motor vehicles over public roadways, shall be used for the
18	18	sole purpose of acquiring rights-of-way and[,] constructing and[,]
19	19	maintaining[, and policing] such public roadways[, and for the
20	20	administration of such laws as may be prescribed by the Legislature
21	21	pertaining to the supervision of traffic and safety on such roads;
22	22	and for the payment of the principal and interest on county and road
23	23	district bonds or warrants voted or issued prior to January 2, 1939,
24	24	and declared eligible prior to January 2, 1945, for payment out of
25	25	the County and Road District Highway Fund under existing law];
26	26	provided, however, that one-fourth (1/4) of such net revenue from
27	27	the motor fuel tax shall be allocated to the Available School Fund;
28	28	and, provided, however, that the net revenue derived by counties
29	29	from motor vehicle registration fees shall never be less than the
30	30	maximum amounts allowed to be retained by each County and the
31	31	percentage allowed to be retained by each County under the laws in
32	32	effect on January 1, 1945. Nothing contained herein shall be
33	33	construed as authorizing the pledging of the State's credit for any
34	34	purpose.
35	35	Sec. 7-b. All revenues received from the federal government
36	36	as reimbursement for state expenditures of funds that are
37	37	themselves dedicated for acquiring rights-of-way and constructing
38	38	and[,] maintaining[, and policing] public roadways are also
39	39	constitutionally dedicated and shall be used only for those
40	40	purposes.
41	41	SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to
42	42	the Texas Constitution:
43	43	TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies
44	44	to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 84th Legislature,
45	45	Regular Session, 2015, prescribing the purposes for which revenue
46	46	from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on motor fuels and
47	47	lubricants, and certain revenues received from the federal
48	48	government may be used.
49	49	(b) The amendments to Sections 7-a and 7-b, Article VIII, of
50	50	this constitution apply only in connection with a state fiscal
51	51	biennium that begins on or after September 1, 2017.
52	52	(c) This temporary provision expires September 2, 2017.
53	53	SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
54	54	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015.
55	55	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
56	56	proposition: "The constitutional amendment prescribing the
57	57	purposes for which revenue from motor vehicle registration fees,
58	58	taxes on motor fuels and lubricants, and certain revenues received
59	59	from the federal government may be used."