83S20006 JJT-D
 
  By: Pickett H.B. No. 16
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the allocation of certain fuel-related tax revenue.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 43.001(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The available school fund, which shall be apportioned
  annually to each county according to its scholastic population,
  consists of:
               (1)  the distributions to the fund from the permanent
  school fund as provided by Section 5(a), Article VII, Texas
  Constitution;
               (2)  one-fourth of all revenue derived from all state
  occupation taxes, exclusive of delinquencies and cost of
  collection;
               (3)  the amounts transferred to the fund from the
  general revenue fund under Sections 49-g(c), (d), and (e), Article
  III, Texas Constitution [one-fourth of revenue derived from state
  gasoline and special fuels excise taxes as provided by law]; and
               (4)  all other appropriations to the available school
  fund made by the legislature for public school purposes.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 162.502(b) and (c), Tax Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The comptroller shall allocate and deposit these
  unclaimed refunds [as follows:
               [(1)     25 percent of the revenues based on unclaimed
  refunds of taxes paid on motor fuel used in motorboats shall be
  deposited to the credit of the available school fund; and
               [(2)     the remaining 75 percent of the revenue shall be
  deposited] to the credit of the general revenue fund.
         (c)  Money deposited to the credit of the general revenue
  fund under Subsection (b) [(b)(2)] may be appropriated only to the
  Parks and Wildlife Department for any lawful purpose.
         SECTION 3.  Section 162.503, Tax Code, as amended by S.B.
  No. 559, Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 162.503.  ALLOCATION OF GASOLINE TAX.  (a)  On or before
  the fifth workday after the end of each month, the comptroller,
  after making all deductions for refund purposes and for the amounts
  allocated under Sections 162.502 and 162.5025, shall allocate the
  net remainder of the taxes collected under Subchapter B as follows:
               (1)  three-fourths [one-fourth of the tax shall be
  deposited to the credit of the available school fund;
               [(2) one-half] of the tax shall be deposited to the
  credit of the state highway fund [for the construction and
  maintenance of the state road system under existing law]; and
               (2) [(3)]  from the remaining one-fourth of the tax the
  comptroller shall:
                     (A)  deposit to the credit of the county and road
  district highway fund all the remaining tax receipts until a total
  of $7,300,000 has been credited to the fund each fiscal year; and
                     (B)  after the amount required to be deposited to
  the county and road district highway fund has been deposited,
  deposit to the credit of the state highway fund the remainder of the
  one-fourth of the tax, the amount to be provided on the basis of
  allocations made each month of the fiscal year, which sum shall be
  used by the Texas Department of Transportation for the
  construction, improvement, and maintenance of farm-to-market
  roads.
         (b)  Money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund
  under Subsection (a)(1) may be appropriated only for a purpose
  authorized by Section 7-a(b), Article VIII, Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 4.  Section 162.504, Tax Code, as amended by S.B.
  No. 559, Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 162.504.  ALLOCATION OF DIESEL FUEL TAX.  (a)  On or
  before the fifth workday after the end of each month, the
  comptroller, after making deductions for refund purposes, for the
  administration and enforcement of this chapter, and for the amounts
  allocated under Section 162.5025, shall deposit [allocate] the
  remainder of the taxes collected under Subchapter C [as follows:
               [(1)   one-fourth of the taxes shall be deposited to the
  credit of the available school fund; and
               [(2) three-fourths of the taxes shall be deposited] to
  the credit of the state highway fund.
         (b)  Money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund
  under Subsection (a) may be appropriated only for a purpose
  authorized by Section 7-a(b), Article VIII, Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 5.  Section 162.505, Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 162.505.  ALLOCATION OF LIQUEFIED GAS TAX. (a)  On or
  before the fifth workday after the end of each month, the
  comptroller, after making deductions for refund purposes and for
  the administration and enforcement of this chapter, shall deposit
  [allocate] the remainder of the taxes collected under Subchapter D
  [as follows:
               [(1)   one-fourth of the taxes shall be deposited to the
  credit of the available school fund; and
               [(2) three-fourths of the taxes shall be deposited] to
  the credit of the state highway fund.
         (b)  Money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund
  under Subsection (a) may be appropriated only for a purpose
  authorized by Section 7-a(b), Article VIII, Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 6.  Section 162.506, Tax Code, as effective
  September 1, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 162.506.  ALLOCATION OF COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS AND
  LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS TAX. (a) On or before the fifth workday
  after the end of each month, the comptroller, after making
  deductions for refund purposes and for the administration and
  enforcement of this chapter, shall deposit [allocate] the remainder
  of the taxes collected under Subchapter D-1 [as follows:
               [(1)     one-fourth of the taxes shall be deposited to the
  credit of the available school fund; and
               [(2)  three-fourths of the taxes shall be deposited] to
  the credit of the state highway fund.
         (b)  Money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund
  under Subsection (a) may be appropriated only for a purpose
  authorized by Section 7-a(b), Article VIII, Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 7.  The changes in law made by this Act do not affect
  tax liability accruing before the effective date of this Act. That
  liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been enacted,
  and the former law is continued in effect for the collection and
  allocation of the revenue from those taxes.
         SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2014, if the
  constitutional amendment proposed by the 83rd Legislature, 2nd
  Called Session, 2013, to provide for revenue from motor fuel taxes
  to be used solely for constructing, maintaining, and acquiring
  rights-of-way for certain public roadways and to provide for the
  transfer of certain general revenue to the available school fund
  and the economic stabilization fund takes effect. If that
  amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect.