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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the allocation of certain revenue to the Texas rail |
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relocation and improvement fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 386.251(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The fund consists of: |
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(1) the amount of money deposited to the credit of the |
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fund under: |
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(A) Section 386.056; |
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(B) Sections 151.0515 and 152.0215, Tax Code; and |
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(C) Sections [501.138,] 502.358[,] and 548.5055, |
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Transportation Code; and |
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(2) grant money recaptured under Section 386.111(d) |
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and Chapter 391. |
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SECTION 2. Section 501.138, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) and adding Subsection (c-1) |
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to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Fees collected under Subsection (b) to be sent to the |
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comptroller shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Mobility |
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Fund, except that $5 of each fee imposed under Subsection (a)(1) |
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[and deposited on or after September 1, 2008, and before September
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1, 2015,] shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas rail |
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relocation and improvement [emissions reduction plan] fund. |
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(b-2) The comptroller shall establish a record of the amount |
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of the fees deposited to the credit of the Texas Mobility Fund under |
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Subsection (b-1). On or before the fifth workday of each month, |
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the department shall remit to the comptroller for deposit to the |
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credit of the Texas rail relocation and improvement [emissions
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reduction plan] fund an amount of money equal to the amount of the |
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fees deposited by the comptroller to the credit of the Texas |
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Mobility Fund under Subsection (b-1) in the preceding month. The |
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department shall use for remittance to the comptroller for deposit |
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to the credit of the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund as |
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required by this subsection money in the state highway fund that is |
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not required to be used for a purpose specified by Section 7-a, |
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Article VIII, Texas Constitution, and may not use for that |
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remittance money received by this state under the congestion |
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mitigation and air quality improvement program established under 23 |
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U.S.C. Section 149. |
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(c-1) Money deposited to the Texas rail relocation and |
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improvement fund under Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) may be used to |
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fund an infrastructure project to reduce air pollution and relieve |
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congestion through rail relocation or improvement, including an |
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infrastructure project described by Section 386.109(a)(4), Health |
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and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 3. Section 501.138(b-3), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |