By: Shaheen H.B. No. 2686
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision and use of certain transportation
  funding, including the allocation of certain revenue from the taxes
  imposed on the sale or use of motor vehicles.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Effective September 1, 2015, Section 152.122,
  Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 152.122.  ALLOCATION AND USE OF TAX.  (a)  Subject to
  Section 152.1222, the [The] comptroller shall deposit the funds
  received under Section 152.121 of this code as follows:
               (1)  1/6 to the credit of the state highway fund [1/4 to
  the credit of the foundation school fund]; and
               (2)  the remaining funds to the credit of the general
  revenue fund.
         (b)  Money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund
  under this section may not be used for:
               (1)  a toll road; or
               (2)  a mass transit project.
         SECTION 2.  Effective September 1, 2016, Section 152.122,
  Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 152.122.  ALLOCATION AND USE OF TAX.  (a)  Subject to
  Section 152.1222, the [The] comptroller shall deposit the funds
  received under Section 152.121 of this code as follows:
               [(1)  1/3 to the credit of the state highway fund [1/4
  to the credit of the foundation school fund]; and
               (2)  the remaining funds to the credit of the general
  revenue fund.
         SECTION 3.  Effective September 1, 2017, Section 152.122,
  Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 152.122.  ALLOCATION AND USE OF TAX.  (a)  Subject to
  Section 152.1222, the [The] comptroller shall deposit the funds
  received under Section 152.121 of this code as follows:
               (1)  1/2 to the credit of the state highway fund [1/4 to
  the credit of the foundation school fund]; and
               (2)  the remaining funds to the credit of the general
  revenue fund.
         SECTION 4.  Effective September 1, 2018, Section 152.122,
  Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 152.122.  ALLOCATION AND USE OF TAX.  (a)  Subject to
  Section 152.1222, the [The] comptroller shall deposit the funds
  received under Section 152.121 of this code as follows:
               (1)  2/3 to the credit of the state highway fund [1/4 to
  the credit of the foundation school fund]; and
               (2)  the remaining funds to the credit of the general
  revenue fund.
         SECTION 5.  Effective September 1, 2019, Section 152.122,
  Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 152.122.  ALLOCATION AND USE OF TAX.  (a)  Subject to
  Section 152.1222, the [The] comptroller shall deposit the funds
  received under Section 152.121 of this code as follows:
               (1)  5/6 to the credit of the state highway fund [1/4 to
  the credit of the foundation school fund]; and
               (2)  the remaining funds to the credit of the general
  revenue fund.
         SECTION 6.  Effective September 1, 2020, Section 152.122,
  Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 152.122.  ALLOCATION AND USE OF TAX.  (a)  Subject to
  Section 152.1222, the [The] comptroller shall deposit the funds
  received under Section 152.121 to the credit of the state highway
  fund. [of this code as follows:]
               [(1)     1/4 to the credit of the foundation school fund;
  and]
               [(2)     the remaining funds to the credit of the general
  revenue fund.]
         SECTION 7.  Subchapter A, Chapter 222, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 222.007 to read as follows:
         Sec. 222.007.  FUNDING FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.  (a)  In this
  section, "mass transit" has the meaning assigned by Section
  370.003.
         (b)  On or before August 31, 2020, the department shall
  identify and implement savings and efficiencies that result in a
  total savings of at least $1 billion. The amount saved is
  appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2020,
  to the department from the source from which the money was
  originally appropriated for the purpose of funding:
               (1)  added capacity projects on the state highway
  system; and
               (2)  preventive maintenance and rehabilita
  tion
  projects on the state highway system.
         (c)  To provide the funding required under Subsection (b),
  the department:
               (1)  shall maximize the use of all amounts appropriated
  to the department;
               (2)  may use savings realized through operational
  efficiencies, cost reductions, and cost savings; and
               (3)  may not reduce the amount of funding available for
  transportation projects.
         (d)  Money appropriated under this section may not be used
  for toll road, mass transit, or highway beautification projects.
         (e)  Not later than August 31, 2020, the department shall
  report in writing to the legislature on the implementation of this
  section.
         (f)  This section expires September 1, 2020.
         SECTION 8.  In addition to the substantive changes made by
  this Act, this Act conforms Section 152.122, Tax Code, to the method
  of allocating motor vehicle sales and use taxes in effect before the
  effective date of this Act.  Section 11.04, Chapter 4 (S.B. 3), Acts
  of the 72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1991, enacted former
  Section 403.094(h), Government Code, which abolished certain state
  fund dedications and resulted in the abolition of the allocation to
  the foundation school fund effective August 31, 1995.
         SECTION 9.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
  act takes effect September 1, 2015.