By:  Shapiro                                           S.B. No. 896
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to funds and taxes for county roads.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Chapter 445, Local Government Code, is amended by
 1-5     adding Subchapter D to read as follows:
 1-6            SUBCHAPTER D.  SPECIAL COUNTY ROAD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 1-7           Sec. 445.101.  SPECIAL COUNTY ROAD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.  On or
 1-8     before October 15 of each year, the comptroller shall distribute to
 1-9     counties money appropriated for the special county road assistance
1-10     program under this subchapter.
1-11           Sec. 445.102.  USE OF MONEY.  Money appropriated to the
1-12     program under this subchapter may be used only for the support of
1-13     the county road system, including uses specified by Section
1-14     256.003, Transportation Code.
1-15           Sec. 445.103.  ALLOCATION FORMULA.  The comptroller shall
1-16     distribute money appropriated to the program under this subchapter
1-17     among the counties as follows:
1-18                 (1)  two-fifths according to total population,
1-19     determined by the ratio of the total population of the county to
1-20     the total population of the state;
1-21                 (2)  one-fifth according to population, determined by
1-22     the ratio of the population in unincorporated areas of the county
1-23     to the population in all unincorporated areas of the state;
1-24                 (3)  one-fifth according to lineal county road miles,
1-25     determined by the ratio of lineal mileage of county roads in the
 2-1     county to the lineal mileage of county roads in the state,
 2-2     according to the most recent county road inventory compiled by the
 2-3     Texas Department of Transportation; and
 2-4                 (4)  one-fifth according to paved and concrete county
 2-5     road miles, determined by the ratio of miles of lanes of paved and
 2-6     concrete county roads in the county to the miles of lanes of paved
 2-7     and concrete county roads in the state, according to the most
 2-8     recent county road inventory compiled by the Texas Department of
 2-9     Transportation.
2-10           SECTION 2.  Section 256.002, Transportation Code, is amended
2-11     by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
2-12           (d)  Except as provided by Section 153.503(3)(A), Tax Code,
2-13     the comptroller may not deposit tax receipts or other money to the
2-14     credit of the county and road district highway fund.
2-15           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.