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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature |
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by general law to permit counties to impose a local motor fuels tax |
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and an additional vehicle registration fee to be used for |
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transportation purposes. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 52k to read as follows: |
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Sec. 52k. (a) The legislature by general law may: |
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(1) authorize a county to enact: |
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(A) a local tax on the sale of gasoline and diesel |
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fuel in the county; and |
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(B) an additional vehicle registration fee on a |
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vehicle registered in the county; and |
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(2) prescribe the types of transportation projects for |
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which the revenue may be used. |
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(b) Section 7-a, Article VIII, of this constitution does not |
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apply to a tax authorized by this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 9(c), Article VIII, Texas Constitution, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The Legislature may authorize an additional annual ad |
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valorem tax to be levied and collected for transportation projects |
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[the further maintenance of the public roads]; provided, that a |
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majority of the qualified voters of the county voting at an election |
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to be held for that purpose shall approve the tax, not to exceed |
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Fifteen Cents ($ .15) on the One Hundred Dollars ($100) valuation of |
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the property subject to taxation in such county. |
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SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the |
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legislature by general law to permit counties to impose a local |
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motor fuels tax and an additional vehicle registration fee to be |
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used for transportation purposes." |