By:  Casteel                                                    H.J.R. No. 90 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a county to impose 
a local tax on the sale of gasoline.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       

SECTION 1.  Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by 	adding Section 52j to read as follows:
	Sec. 52j.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
constitutions the legislature by general law may authorize a county 
to enact a local tax on the sale of gasoline in the county for use by 
the county for transportation purposes;
	(b)  Section 7-a, Article VIII, of this constitution does not 
apply to a tax authorized by this section.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2005.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing a county to 
impose a local tax on the sale of gasoline."