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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of money in 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. Article 102.020(h), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(h) Except as provided by Subsection (h-1), the comptroller |
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shall deposit [35 percent of] the funds received under this article |
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in the state treasury to the credit of the [state highway fund and
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65 percent of the funds received under this article to the credit of
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the] criminal justice planning account in the general revenue fund. |
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SECTION 2. Section 411.0205(g), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(g) Funds collected under this section shall be deposited in |
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the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue [state
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highway] fund, and money deposited to the general revenue [state
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highway] fund under this section may be used only to defray the cost |
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of administering this section or Subchapter G. |
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SECTION 3. Section 411.145(c), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) A fee collected under this section shall be deposited in |
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the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue [state
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highway] fund, and money deposited to the general revenue [state
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highway] fund under this section and under Articles 42.12 and |
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102.020(h), Code of Criminal Procedure, may be used only to defray |
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the cost of administering this subchapter and Section 411.0205. |
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SECTION 4. Section 222.001, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Money that is required to be used for public roadways by |
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the Texas Constitution or federal law and that is deposited in the |
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state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, including |
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money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund under Title |
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23, United States Code, 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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(c) The legislature may not appropriate money from the state |
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highway fund to an agency other than the commission, the |
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department, or the Department of Motor Vehicles unless the |
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appropriation is for constructing, maintaining, or acquiring |
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rights-of-way for public roadways. |
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SECTION 5. Section 501.100(e), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e) On or after the 31st day after the date the department |
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receives a rebuilder fee under Subsection (d), the department shall |
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deposit [$50 of] the fee to the credit of the [state highway fund to
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be used only by the Department of Public Safety to enforce this
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chapter and $15 to the credit of the] general revenue fund. |
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SECTION 6. Section 502.357(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to |
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the credit of the state highway fund. [Subject to appropriations,
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the money shall be used by the Department of Public Safety to:
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[(1)
support the Department of Public Safety's
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reengineering of the driver's license system to provide for the
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issuance by the Department of Public Safety of a driver's license or
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personal identification certificate, to include use of image
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comparison technology;
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[(2)
establish and maintain a system to support the
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driver responsibility program under Chapter 708; and
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[(3)
make lease payments to the master lease purchase
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program for the financing of the driver's license reengineering
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project.] |
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SECTION 7. Section 411.013(c), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 8. Sections 502.357(c) and (d), Transportation |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015, but only |
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if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 83rd Legislature, |
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2nd Called Session, 2013, prescribing the purposes for which |
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revenues from motor vehicle registration fees, certain motor |
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vehicle-related taxes, and certain revenues received from the |
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federal government may be used is approved by the voters. If that |
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amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect. |