Bill Text: TX HB13 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the deposit to the state highway fund and the Texas emissions reduction plan fund of certain motor vehicle sales tax revenue.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-08-05 - Referred to Transportation Funding, Select [HB13 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB13-Introduced.html
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By: Isaac | H.B. No. 13 |
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relating to the deposit to the state highway fund and the Texas | ||
emissions reduction plan fund of certain motor vehicle sales tax | ||
revenue. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 386.251(c), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The fund consists of: | ||
(1) the amount of money deposited to the credit of the | ||
fund under: | ||
(A) Section 386.056; | ||
(B) Sections 151.0515, [ |
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152.1224, Tax Code; and | ||
(C) Sections 501.138, 502.358, and 548.5055, | ||
Transportation Code; and | ||
(2) grant money recaptured under Section 386.111(d) | ||
and Chapter 391. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 152, Tax Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 152.1224 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 152.1224. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE DERIVED FROM | ||
SALES TAX IMPOSED ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES. (a) In this section, | ||
"electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle that draws propulsion | ||
energy only from a rechargeable energy storage system. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Section 152.122, in each state fiscal | ||
year beginning on or after September 1, 2019, the comptroller shall | ||
deposit to the credit of the state highway fund all money received | ||
under Sections 152.047 and 152.121 that is estimated to have been | ||
derived from the tax imposed under Section 152.021 on the sale of an | ||
electric vehicle and is remaining after the comptroller makes the | ||
allocation required by Section 152.1222. | ||
(b-1) Notwithstanding Section 152.122, in each state fiscal | ||
year beginning on or after September 1, 2015, and before September | ||
1, 2019, the comptroller shall deposit all money received under | ||
Sections 152.047 and 152.121 that is estimated to have been derived | ||
from the tax imposed under Section 152.021 on the sale of an | ||
electric vehicle and is remaining after the comptroller makes the | ||
allocation required by Section 152.1222 as follows: | ||
(1) 75 percent to the credit of the state highway fund; | ||
and | ||
(2) 25 percent to the credit of the Texas emissions | ||
reduction plan fund. | ||
(b-2) Subsection (b-1) and this subsection expire August | ||
31, 2019. | ||
(c) The comptroller shall determine the amounts to be | ||
deposited as required by this section using available statistical | ||
data. If satisfactory data are not available, the comptroller may | ||
require county tax assessor-collectors and sellers of motor | ||
vehicles in seller-financed sales to report additional information | ||
to the comptroller as necessary to make the deposits required by | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |