| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the use of certain revenue from oversize and overweight |
|
|
vehicle permits for the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 623.0111(c), Transportation Code, is |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(c) Of the fees collected under Subsection (a) the following |
|
|
amounts shall be deposited to the general revenue fund and the |
|
|
remainder shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas rail |
|
|
relocation and improvement fund [state highway fund]: |
|
|
| Number of Counties Designated |
|
Amount Allocated to General Revenue Fund |
|
|
|
| Number of Counties Designated |
|
Amount Allocated to General Revenue Fund |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 2. Sections 623.076(a-1) and (c), Transportation |
|
|
Code, are amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(a-1) The following amounts collected under Subsection (a) |
|
|
shall be deposited to the general revenue fund and the remainder |
|
|
deposited to the credit of the Texas rail relocation and |
|
|
improvement fund [state highway fund]: |
|
|
| Amount of Fee |
|
Amount Allocated to General Revenue Fund |
|
|
|
| $60 (single-trip permit) |
$30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(c) An application for a permit under Section 623.071(c)(3) |
|
|
or (d) must be accompanied by the permit fee established by the |
|
|
commission for the permit, not to exceed $7,000. Of each fee |
|
|
collected under this subsection, the department shall send: |
|
|
(1) the first $1,000 to the comptroller for deposit to |
|
|
the credit of the general revenue fund; and |
|
|
(2) any amount in excess of $1,000 to the comptroller |
|
|
for deposit to the credit of the Texas rail relocation and |
|
|
improvement fund [state highway fund]. |
|
|
SECTION 3. Section 623.078(b), Transportation Code, is |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(b) The department shall send each fee collected under |
|
|
Subsection (a) to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the |
|
|
Texas rail relocation and improvement fund [state highway fund]. |
|
|
SECTION 4. Section 623.096(a), Transportation Code, is |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(a) The department shall collect a fee of $40 for each |
|
|
permit issued under this subchapter. Of each fee, $19.70 shall be |
|
|
deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund and the |
|
|
remainder deposited to the credit of the Texas rail relocation and |
|
|
improvement fund [state highway fund]. |
|
|
SECTION 5. Section 623.124(b), Transportation Code, is |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(b) The department shall send each fee collected under this |
|
|
section to the comptroller. Of each fee received from the |
|
|
department, the comptroller shall deposit $7.50 to the credit of |
|
|
the general revenue fund and $7.50 to the credit of the Texas rail |
|
|
relocation and improvement fund [state highway fund]. |
|
|
SECTION 6. Section 623.182(b), Transportation Code, is |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(b) The department shall send each fee collected under this |
|
|
subchapter to the comptroller. Of each fee received from the |
|
|
department, the comptroller shall deposit $50 to the credit of the |
|
|
general revenue fund and $50 to the credit of the Texas rail |
|
|
relocation and improvement fund [state highway fund]. |
|
|
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |