Bill Text: TX SB61 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the allocation and use of revenue derived from certain transportation-related taxes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-26 - Referred to Finance [SB61 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB61-Introduced.html

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84R405 JAM-D
By: Huffines S.B. No. 61

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation and use of revenue derived from certain
transportation-related taxes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.001(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The available school fund, which shall be apportioned
annually to each county according to its scholastic population,
consists of:
(1) the distributions to the fund from the permanent
school fund as provided by Section 5(a), Article VII, Texas
Constitution;
(2) one-fourth of all revenue derived from all state
occupation taxes, exclusive of delinquencies and cost of
collection; and
(3) [one-fourth of revenue derived from state gasoline
and special fuels excise taxes as provided by law; and
[(4)] all other appropriations to the available school
fund made by the legislature for public school purposes.
SECTION 2. Section 152.122, Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 152.122. ALLOCATION AND USE OF TAX. (a) The
comptroller shall deposit the funds received under Sections
152.027, 152.047, and [Section] 152.121 [of this code as follows:
[(1) 1/4] to the credit of the state highway
[foundation school fund; and
[(2) the remaining funds to the credit of the general
revenue] fund.
(b) Money deposited to the state highway fund under this
section may be used only for acquiring rights-of-way and
constructing public roadways.
SECTION 3. Section 162.503(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) On or before the fifth workday after the end of each
month, the comptroller, after making all deductions for refund
purposes and for the amounts allocated under Sections 162.502 and
162.5025, shall allocate the net remainder of the taxes collected
under Subchapter B as follows:
(1) three-fourths [one-fourth of the tax shall be
deposited to the credit of the available school fund;
[(2) one-half] of the tax shall be deposited to the
credit of the state highway fund for the construction and
maintenance of the state road system under existing law; and
(2) [(3)] from the remaining one-fourth of the tax the
comptroller shall:
(A) deposit to the credit of the county and road
district highway fund all the remaining tax receipts until a total
of $7,300,000 has been credited to the fund each fiscal year; and
(B) after the amount required to be deposited to
the county and road district highway fund has been deposited,
deposit to the credit of the state highway fund the remainder of the
one-fourth of the tax, the amount to be provided on the basis of
allocations made each month of the fiscal year, which sum shall be
used by the Texas Department of Transportation for the
construction, improvement, and maintenance of farm-to-market
roads.
SECTION 4. Section 162.504(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) On or before the fifth workday after the end of each
month, the comptroller, after making deductions for refund
purposes, for the administration and enforcement of this chapter,
and for the amounts allocated under Section 162.5025, shall deposit
[allocate] the remainder of the taxes collected under Subchapter C
[as follows:
[(1) one-fourth of the taxes shall be deposited to the
credit of the available school fund; and
[(2) three-fourths of the taxes shall be deposited] to
the credit of the state highway fund.
SECTION 5. Section 162.505, Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 162.505. ALLOCATION OF LIQUEFIED GAS TAX. On or before
the fifth workday after the end of each month, the comptroller,
after making deductions for refund purposes and for the
administration and enforcement of this chapter, shall deposit
[allocate] the remainder of the taxes collected under Subchapter D
[as follows:
[(1) one-fourth of the taxes shall be deposited to the
credit of the available school fund; and
[(2) three-fourths of the taxes shall be deposited] to
the credit of the state highway fund.
SECTION 6. Section 152.1222, Tax Code, is repealed.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016, but only
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 84th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2015, prescribing the purposes for which revenues
from motor vehicle registration fees and taxes on motor fuels and
lubricants may be used is approved by the voters. If that amendment
is not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect.