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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 222.001, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 222.001. USE OF STATE HIGHWAY FUND. Money that is |
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required to be used for public roadways by the Texas Constitution or |
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federal law and that is deposited in the state treasury to the |
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credit of the state highway fund, including money deposited to the |
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credit of the state highway fund under Title 23, United States Code, |
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may be used only: |
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(1) to improve the state highway system; or |
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(2) to mitigate adverse environmental effects that |
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result directly from construction or maintenance of a state highway |
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by the department[; or
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[(3) by the Department of Public Safety to police the
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state highway system and to administer state laws relating to
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traffic and safety on public roads]. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 222, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 222.0025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 222.0025. LIMITATION ON USE OF STATE HIGHWAY FUND. |
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Notwithstanding any other law, money in the state highway fund that |
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is described by Section 222.001 or 222.002 may not be transferred to |
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or appropriated for use by: |
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(1) the Department of Public Safety; |
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(2) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; |
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(3) the Texas Transportation Institute; |
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(4) the Department of State Health Services; |
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(5) the Department of Aging and Disability Services; |
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(6) the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative |
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Services; |
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(7) the Department of Family and Protective Services; |
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(8) the Health and Human Services Commission or any |
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other health and human services agency or entity; |
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(9) the Texas Historical Commission; |
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(10) the Texas Commission on the Arts; |
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(11) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; |
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(12) the Texas Education Agency; or |
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(13) the Texas Workforce Commission. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |