Bill Text: TX HJR13 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment temporarily dedicating a portion of the revenue derived from the state sales and use tax to the state highway fund.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 18-9)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-30 - Laid on the table subject to call [HJR13 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HJR13-Comm_Sub.html
| 84R23069 CJC-D | |||
| By: Pickett, Otto, Harless, Parker, | H.J.R. No. 13 | ||
| Davis of Dallas | |||
| Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 13: | |||
| By: Phillips | C.S.H.J.R. No. 13 | ||
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| proposing a constitutional amendment temporarily dedicating a | ||
| portion of the revenue derived from the state sales and use tax 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-c to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 7-c. (a) In each state fiscal year, the comptroller of | ||
| public accounts shall deposit to the credit of the state highway | ||
| fund $3 billion of the net revenue derived from the imposition of | ||
| the state sales and use tax on the sale, storage, use, or other | ||
| consumption in this state of taxable items under Chapter 151, Tax | ||
| Code, or its successor. | ||
| (b) In addition to any deposit made under Subsection (a) of | ||
| this section, in each state fiscal year the comptroller of public | ||
| accounts shall deposit to the credit of the state highway fund an | ||
| amount equal to two percent of the net revenue described by that | ||
| subsection that is not deposited as provided by that subsection. | ||
| (c) Money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund | ||
| under this section may be appropriated only to: | ||
| (1) construct, maintain, or acquire rights-of-way for | ||
| public roadways other than toll roads; or | ||
| (2) repay the principal of and interest on: | ||
| (A) bonds and other public securities issued, and | ||
| bond enhancement agreements entered into, as authorized by Section | ||
| 49-n, Article III, of this constitution, as proposed by H.J.R. 28, | ||
| 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003; and | ||
| (B) general obligation bonds issued as | ||
| authorized by Section 49-p, Article III, of this constitution. | ||
| (d) This section expires September 1, 2026. | ||
| 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 84th Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2015, temporarily dedicating a portion of the | ||
| revenue derived from the state sales and use tax to the state | ||
| highway fund. | ||
| (b) Section 7-c(a), Article VIII, of this constitution | ||
| takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| (c) Section 7-c(b), Article VIII, of this constitution | ||
| takes effect September 1, 2016. | ||
| (d) This temporary provision expires September 1, 2018. | ||
| SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment temporarily dedicating | ||
| a portion of state sales and use tax revenue to increase | ||
| transportation funding." | ||
