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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the allocation of gasoline tax to county roads. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection 162.503(3), Tax Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(3) from the remaining one-fourth of the tax the |
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comptroller shall: |
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(A) deposit to the credit of the county and road |
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district highway fund all the remaining tax receipts until a total |
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of [$7,300,000] $15,000,000 has been credited to the fund each |
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fiscal year and deposit to the credit of the special county road |
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assistance program, established by Subchapter D, Chapter 615, Local |
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Government Code, a total of $15,000,000 each fiscal year; and |
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(B) after the amount required to be deposited to |
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the county and road district highway fund and the special county |
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road assistance program has been deposited, deposit to the credit |
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of the state highway fund the remainder of the one-fourth of the |
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tax, the amount to be provided on the basis of allocations made each |
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month of the fiscal year, which sum shall be used by the Texas |
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Department of Transportation for the construction, improvement, |
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and maintenance of farm-to-market roads. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |