Bill Text: TX SJR6 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a transportation infrastructure fund to assist counties in alleviating degradation to transportation infrastructure caused by the exploration, development, or production of oil or gas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-07-02 - Filed [SJR6 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SJR6-Introduced.html
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By: Uresti | S.J.R. No. 6 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a transportation | ||
infrastructure fund to assist counties in alleviating degradation | ||
to transportation infrastructure caused by the exploration, | ||
development, or production of oil or gas. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
adding Section 49-q to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 49-q. (a) The transportation infrastructure fund is | ||
established as a special fund in the state treasury. | ||
(b) In each fiscal year, the comptroller of public accounts | ||
shall transfer from the economic stabilization fund to the | ||
transportation infrastructure fund three percent of the amount | ||
transferred to the economic stabilization fund in that fiscal year | ||
under Subsection (c) of Section 49-g of this article. | ||
(c) Money in the transportation infrastructure fund may be | ||
appropriated only for the purpose of assisting counties in this | ||
state in the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of | ||
transportation infrastructure that is intended to alleviate | ||
degradation caused by the exploration, development, or production | ||
of oil or gas. | ||
SECTION 2. 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 establishing a | ||
transportation infrastructure fund to assist counties in | ||
alleviating degradation to transportation infrastructure caused by | ||
the exploration, development, or production of oil or gas." |