Bill Text: TX SJR20 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain revenue derived from the tax imposed on the sale of motor vehicles to the state highway fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-30 - Co-author authorized [SJR20 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SJR20-Introduced.html
| 83R3777 CJC-D | ||
| By: Nichols | S.J.R. No. 20 | |
|
|
||
| proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain revenue | ||
| derived from the tax imposed on the sale 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-e to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 7-e. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this | ||
| section, the net revenue derived from the tax authorized by Chapter | ||
| 152, Tax Code, or its successor, and imposed on the sale of a motor | ||
| vehicle sold in this state shall be deposited to the credit of the | ||
| state highway fund and may be appropriated only: | ||
| (1) for a purpose authorized by Section 7-a, Article | ||
| VIII, of this constitution; or | ||
| (2) to repay the principal and interest on general | ||
| obligation bonds issued as authorized by Section 49-p, Article III, | ||
| of this constitution. | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to any | ||
| revenue described by that subsection that, under general law in | ||
| effect on January 1, 2013, was required to be deposited to the | ||
| credit of a fund outside the general revenue fund from which money | ||
| could be appropriated only for a purpose that decreases the rates | ||
| of, or reduces reliance on, ad valorem taxes imposed to fund public | ||
| schools. To the extent general law continues to require the deposit | ||
| of that revenue in that manner and limit the appropriation of that | ||
| revenue to that purpose, the requirement and limitation prevail | ||
| over Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
| 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, | ||
| Regular Session, 2013, dedicating certain revenue derived from the | ||
| tax imposed on the sale of a motor vehicle sold in this state to the | ||
| state highway fund. | ||
| (b) The changes to Article VIII of this constitution made by | ||
| the amendment take effect September 1, 2024. | ||
| (c) Beginning with the state fiscal year beginning on | ||
| September 1, 2024, the legislature may not appropriate any revenue | ||
| to which Section 7-e(a), Article VIII, of this constitution applies | ||
| for any purpose other than a purpose described by Section 7-e(a), | ||
| Article VIII, of this constitution. | ||
| (d) In each state fiscal year that begins on or after | ||
| September 1, 2015, but before September 1, 2024, the legislature | ||
| shall decrease in equal increments each year the amount of revenue | ||
| to which Section 7-e(a), Article VIII, of this constitution applies | ||
| that is appropriated for any purpose other than a purpose described | ||
| by Section 7-e(a), Article VIII, of this constitution as necessary | ||
| to comply with Subsection (c) of this temporary provision beginning | ||
| September 1, 2024. | ||
| (e) This temporary provision expires September 1, 2025. | ||
| 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 dedicating certain | ||
| revenue derived from the tax imposed on a sale of a motor vehicle | ||
| sold in this state to the state highway fund." | ||
