Bill Text: TX HJR77 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain revenue derived from the tax imposed on the sale, use, or rental of motor vehicles to the state highway fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-21 - Referred to Ways & Means [HJR77 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HJR77-Introduced.html

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82R2997 CJC-D
By: Harper-Brown H.J.R. No. 77

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain revenue
derived from the tax imposed on the sale, use, or rental of motor
vehicles to the state highway fund.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 7-c to read as follows:
Sec. 7-c. The net revenue derived from the tax imposed on
the sale, use, or rental of a motor vehicle authorized by Chapter
152, Tax Code, or its successor, shall be allocated as follows:
(1) 25 percent to the credit of the state highway fund;
and
(2) the remainder as provided by the legislature by
general law.
SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to
the Texas Constitution:
TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies
to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 82nd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2011, dedicating certain revenue derived from the
tax imposed on the sale, use, or rental of motor vehicles to the
state highway fund.
(b) The changes to Article VIII of this constitution made by
the amendment apply to taxes imposed on or after January 1, 2012.
(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2013.
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment dedicating certain
revenue derived from the tax imposed on the sale, use, or rental of
motor vehicles to the state highway fund."