78R4104 JTS-D

By:  Coleman                                                    H.J.R. No. 88 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the use of motor 
vehicle registration fees to support trauma centers.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, 
is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 7-a.  Subject to legislative appropriation, allocation 
and direction, and except as provided in this section, 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 sole purpose of acquiring 
rights-of-way, constructing, maintaining, and policing such public 
roadways, and for the administration of such laws as may be 
prescribed by the Legislature pertaining to the supervision of 
traffic and safety on such roads; [and] for the payment of the 
principal and interest on county and road district bonds or 
warrants voted or issued prior to January 2, 1939, and declared 
eligible prior to January 2, 1945, for payment out of the County and 
Road District Highway Fund under existing law; provided, however, 
that one-fourth (1/4) of such net 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.  In addition to other uses authorized by this 
section, net revenues remaining after payment of all refunds 
allowed by law and expenses of collection derived from motor 
vehicle registration fees may be used for the purpose of supporting 
trauma centers. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as 
authorizing the pledging of the State's credit for any purpose.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2003.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing the use of 
motor vehicle registration fees to support trauma centers."