Bill Text: TX SB1456 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the dedication to the state highway fund of certain permit fee revenue attributable to oversize or overweight vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to Transportation [SB1456 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1456-Introduced.html

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87R13144 SRA-D
By: Nichols S.B. No. 1456

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the dedication to the state highway fund of certain
permit fee revenue attributable to oversize or overweight vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 623, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 623.009 to read as follows:
Sec. 623.009. REDEDICATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE TO THE STATE
HIGHWAY FUND. Notwithstanding any other law, all dedications of
permit fee revenue to the state highway fund made under this chapter
and Chapters 621 and 622 are rededicated to the state highway fund
for the purposes of acquiring, constructing, and maintaining public
roadways.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022, but only
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 87th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2021, constitutionally dedicating certain revenue
to the state highway fund for the purposes of acquiring,
constructing, and maintaining public roadways is approved by the
voters. If that amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act
has no effect.