By:  Yost                                             H.J.R. No. 74
       73R5888 GCH-D
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment to change the dedication of
    1-2  revenues for highway and education purposes.
    1-3        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Article VIII of the Texas Constitution is amended
    1-5  by adding Section 7-c to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 7-c.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 7-a of this article
    1-7  and subject to legislative appropriation, allocation and direction,
    1-8  all net revenues remaining after payment of all refunds allowed by
    1-9  law and expenses of collection derived from motor vehicle
   1-10  registration fees, and all taxes, except gross production and ad
   1-11  valorem taxes, on motor fuels and lubricants used to propel motor
   1-12  vehicles over public roadways, shall be used only for the purposes
   1-13  of acquiring rights-of-way, constructing, maintaining, and policing
   1-14  such public roadways, for the administration of such laws as may be
   1-15  prescribed by the legislature pertaining to the supervision of
   1-16  traffic and safety on such roads, and for the payment of the
   1-17  principal and interest on county and road district bonds or
   1-18  warrants voted or issued prior to January 2, 1939, and declared
   1-19  eligible prior to January 2, 1945, for payment out of the County
   1-20  and Road District Highway Fund under existing law, except  that 35
   1-21  percent of the net revenue from motor fuel taxes shall be allocated
   1-22  to the foundation school program or any successor to that program
   1-23  and except that the net revenue derived by counties from motor
   1-24  vehicle registration fees shall never be less than the maximum
    2-1  amounts allowed to be retained by each county and the percentage
    2-2  allowed to be retained by each county under the laws in effect on
    2-3  January 1, 1945.  Nothing contained herein shall be construed as
    2-4  authorizing the pledging of the state's credit for any purpose.
    2-5        (b)  This section expires September 1, 1997, unless before
    2-6  that date the 75th Legislature, by a vote of two-thirds of the
    2-7  membership of each house, votes to retain this section.  The
    2-8  legislature shall prescribe a procedure for taking the vote
    2-9  required by this subsection.  If the legislature votes to retain
   2-10  this section, Article VIII, Section 7-a, of this constitution is
   2-11  repealed effective September 1, 1997.
   2-12        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   2-13  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1993.
   2-14  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
   2-15  the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment changing the
   2-16  dedication of revenues for highway and education purposes."