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.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
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." | ||
