Bill Text: TX HJR9 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the purposes for which revenues from motor vehicle registration fees and taxes on motor fuels and lubricants may be used.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-07-01 - Referred to Appropriations [HJR9 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HJR9-Introduced.html
| By: Harper-Brown | H.J.R. No. 9 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the purposes for | ||
| which revenues from motor vehicle registration fees and taxes on | ||
| motor fuels and lubricants may be used. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 7-a. Subject to legislative appropriation, allocation | ||
| and direction, all net revenues remaining after payment of all | ||
| refunds allowed by law and expenses of collection derived from | ||
| motor vehicle registration fees, and all taxes, except gross | ||
| production and ad valorem taxes, on motor fuels and lubricants used | ||
| to propel motor vehicles over public roadways, shall be used for the | ||
| sole purpose of acquiring rights-of-way, constructing, | ||
| maintaining, and policing such public roadways, and for the | ||
| administration of such laws as may be prescribed by the Legislature | ||
| pertaining to the supervision of traffic and safety on such roads; | ||
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| from motor vehicle registration fees shall never be less than the | ||
| maximum amounts allowed to be retained by each County and the | ||
| percentage allowed to be retained by each County under the laws in | ||
| effect on January 1, 1945. Nothing contained herein shall be | ||
| construed as authorizing the pledging of the State's credit for any | ||
| purpose. | ||
| 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 83rd Legislature, | ||
| 1st Called Session, 2013, to limit the purposes for which revenues | ||
| from motor vehicle registration fees and taxes on motor fuels and | ||
| lubricants may be used. | ||
| (b) The changes to Section 7-a, Article VIII, of this | ||
| constitution made by the amendment apply only in connection with a | ||
| state fiscal biennium that begins on or after September 1, 2015. | ||
| (c) This temporary provision expires September 2, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment to limit the purposes | ||
| for which revenues from motor vehicle registration fees and taxes | ||
| on motor fuels and | ||
| lubricants may be used." | ||
