83S10119 JAM-F
	By: Phillips	H.J.R. No. 10

	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the purposes for
	which revenue from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on motor
	fuels and lubricants and motor vehicle tires and parts, and certain
	revenues received from the federal government may be used.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Sections 7-a and 7-b, Article VIII, Texas
	Constitution, are amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 7-a.  (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 from taxes on new and used
	motor vehicle tires and new and used motor vehicle parts [, 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, for
	constructing and[,] 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; [and for the payment of the
	principal and interest on county and road district bonds or
	warrants voted or issued prior to January 2, 1939, and declared
	eligible prior to January 2, 1945, for payment out of the County and
	Road District Highway Fund under existing law; provided, however,
	that one-fourth (1/4) of such net revenue from the motor fuel tax
	shall be allocated to the Available School Fund; and,] provided,
	however, that the net revenue derived by counties 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.
	(b)  Subject to legislative appropriation, allocation, and
	direction, of the net revenue that is remaining after payment of all
	refunds allowed by law and expenses of collection and that is
	derived from all taxes, except gross production and ad valorem
	taxes, on motor fuels and lubricants used to propel motor vehicles
	over public highways:
	(1)  three-fourths shall be used for the sole purpose
	of constructing and maintaining public highways; and
	(2)  one-fourth shall be allocated to the available
	school fund.
	(c)  Nothing contained in this section [herein] shall be
	construed as authorizing the pledging of the State's credit for any
	purpose.
	(d)  For a biennium, the Legislature may not appropriate
	funds derived from the revenue described by Subsection (a) or (b) of
	this section or Section 7-b of this article for a purpose other than
	acquiring rights-of-way or constructing or maintaining public
	roadways in an amount that exceeds the lesser of:
	(1)  the total amount of those funds appropriated for a
	purpose other than acquiring rights-of-way or constructing or
	maintaining public roadways in the preceding biennium; or
	(2)  the amount determined under Subsection (e) of this
	section.
	(e)  For each biennium, the maximum amount that may be
	appropriated as provided by Subsection (b) of this section is
	reduced by 25 percent from the preceding biennium if the estimate of
	anticipated revenue from all sources made in advance of the regular
	session under Section 49a(a), Article III, of this constitution for
	the biennium exceeds the total amount of revenue from all sources
	for the preceding biennium by more than three times the amount of
	the reduction.
	Sec. 7-b.  All revenues received from the federal government
	as reimbursement for state expenditures of funds that are
	themselves dedicated for acquiring rights-of-way and constructing
	and[,] maintaining[, and policing] public roadways are also
	constitutionally dedicated and shall be used only for those
	purposes.
	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, taxes on motor fuels and
	lubricants and motor vehicle tires and parts, and certain revenues
	received from the federal government may be used.
	(b)  The changes to Sections 7-a and 7-b, 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, taxes on
	motor fuels and lubricants and motor vehicle tires and parts, and
	certain revenues received from the federal government may be used."