Bill Text: TX SJR10 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment prescribing the purposes for which revenues from motor vehicle registration fees, certain motor vehicle-related taxes, and certain revenues received from the federal government may be used.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-07-10 - Filed [SJR10 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SJR10-Introduced.html
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By: Campbell | S.J.R. No. 10 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment prescribing the purposes for | ||
which revenues from motor vehicle registration fees, certain motor | ||
vehicle-related taxes, 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. 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 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 | ||
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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. Nothing contained herein shall | ||
be construed as authorizing the pledging of the State's credit for | ||
any purpose. | ||
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 for and | ||
constructing and[ |
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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, | ||
2nd Called Session, 2013, prescribing the purposes for which | ||
revenues from motor vehicle registration fees, certain motor | ||
vehicle-related taxes, 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 prescribing the | ||
purposes for which revenues from motor vehicle registration fees, | ||
certain motor vehicle-related taxes, and certain revenues received | ||
from the federal government may be used." |