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79R2025 CBH-D

By:  Barrientos                                                 S.J.R. No. 15 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a county to impose 
a local tax on the sale of gasoline and to transfer the revenue from 
the tax to another political subdivision of this state.
	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 
constitution, the legislature by general law may:
		(1)  authorize a county to enact a local tax on the sale 
of gasoline in the county and to transfer the tax revenue to another 
political subdivision of this state in which the county is located 
or to which the county is adjacent for use by the political 
subdivision for transportation projects; and
		(2)  prescribe the transportation projects for which 
the revenue may be used.
	(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 and to transfer the 
revenue from the tax to another political subdivision of this 
state."