Bill Text: TX HB1836 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the allocation of certain sales tax revenue to the state highway fund and to the uses of that revenue.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Referred directly to s/c on Long-term Infrastructure Planning by chair [HB1836 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1836-Introduced.html
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| By: Sanford | H.B. No. 1836 | |
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| relating to the allocation of certain sales tax revenue to the state | ||
| highway fund and to the uses of that revenue. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 151.801, Tax Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) Except for the amounts allocated under Subsections (b), | ||
| (b-1), and (c), all proceeds from the collection of the taxes | ||
| imposed by this chapter shall be deposited to the credit of the | ||
| general revenue fund. | ||
| (b-1) In addition to the amount deposited under Subsection | ||
| (b), the comptroller shall deposit an amount equal to 10 percent of | ||
| the proceeds from the collection of the taxes imposed by this | ||
| chapter to the credit of the state highway fund. Money deposited to | ||
| the credit of the state highway fund under this subsection may not | ||
| be used for: | ||
| (1) a toll road; or | ||
| (2) a mass transit rail system. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not | ||
| affect taxes imposed before the effective date of this Act, and the | ||
| law in effect before the effective date of this Act is continued in | ||
| effect for purposes of the liability for and deposit of those taxes. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
