Bill Text: TX SB36 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of money in the state highway fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-07-10 - Filed [SB36 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB36-Introduced.html
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| By: Campbell | S.B. No. 36 | |
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| relating to the use of money in the state highway fund. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 102.020(h), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (h) Except as provided by Subsection (h-1), the comptroller | ||
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| SECTION 2. Section 411.0205(g), Government Code, is amended | ||
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| (g) Funds collected under this section shall be deposited in | ||
| the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue [ |
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| of administering this section or Subchapter G. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 411.145(c), Government Code, is amended | ||
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| (c) A fee collected under this section shall be deposited in | ||
| the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue [ |
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| 102.020(h), Code of Criminal Procedure, may be used only to defray | ||
| the cost of administering this subchapter and Section 411.0205. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 222.001, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
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| (a) Money that is required to be used for public roadways by | ||
| the Texas Constitution or federal law and that is deposited in the | ||
| state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, including | ||
| money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund under Title | ||
| 23, United States Code, may be used only: | ||
| (1) to improve the state highway system; or | ||
| (2) to mitigate adverse environmental effects that | ||
| result directly from construction or maintenance of a state highway | ||
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| (c) The legislature may not appropriate money from the state | ||
| highway fund to an agency other than the commission, the | ||
| department, or the Department of Motor Vehicles unless the | ||
| appropriation is for constructing, maintaining, or acquiring | ||
| rights-of-way for public roadways. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 501.100(e), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (e) On or after the 31st day after the date the department | ||
| receives a rebuilder fee under Subsection (d), the department shall | ||
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| SECTION 6. Section 502.357(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
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| (b) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to | ||
| the credit of the state highway fund. [ |
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| SECTION 7. Section 411.013(c), Government Code, is | ||
| repealed. | ||
| SECTION 8. Sections 502.357(c) and (d), Transportation | ||
| Code, are repealed. | ||
| SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015, but only | ||
| if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 83rd Legislature, | ||
| 2nd Called Session, 2013, prescribing the purposes for which | ||
| revenues from motor vehicle registration fees, certain motor | ||
| vehicle-related taxes, and certain revenues received from the | ||
| federal government may be used is approved by the voters. If that | ||
| amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect. | ||
