84R10161 JAM-F
 
  By: Coleman, Cyrier, Schubert, Morrison H.B. No. 2521
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to transferring from the state to a county the revenue
  derived from oil and gas leases of land owned by the county to be
  used by the county for road maintenance purposes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 52.025, Natural Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 52.025.  DISPOSITION OF LEASE PAYMENTS. (a)  Except as
  provided by Subsection (b), the [The] comptroller shall credit the
  permanent school fund with amounts received from unsurveyed school
  land and with two-thirds of the amount received from other areas and
  shall credit the General Revenue Fund with the remaining one-third
  of the payments for the other areas.
         (b)  To the extent permissible under the Texas Constitution,
  the comptroller shall remit to a county the amount received from
  land owned in fee simple by the county.  Money remitted to a county
  under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the county
  road and bridge fund of the county and may be used by the county only
  for road maintenance purposes.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.