By Puente                                             H.B. No. 3190
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the allocation of revenue derived from certain fees and
 1-3     taxes among Texas Department of Transportation districts.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 201.105, Transportation Code, is amended
 1-6     by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
 1-7           (h)  The commission, in consultation with the governor's
 1-8     office of budget and planning, the Legislative Budget Board, and
 1-9     the comptroller, shall develop a method to quantify the amount of
1-10     tax and fee revenue subject to Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas
1-11     Constitution, that is derived from each district and appropriated
1-12     to the department.  In adopting or approving the department's
1-13     budget, the commission shall ensure that an amount equal to at
1-14     least 80 percent of the amount of the revenue derived from a
1-15     district that is appropriated to the department is spent on the
1-16     department's operations and projects in the district.  Each state
1-17     or local governmental entity shall provide the commission with the
1-18     information the commission requests to implement this subsection.
1-19           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.  The
1-20     Texas Transportation Commission shall comply with the budgeting and
1-21     spending requirements imposed by Section 201.105(h),
1-22     Transportation Code, as added by this Act, beginning with the state
1-23     fiscal biennium that begins September 1, 2003.