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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the disposition of permit fees for the movement of |
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oversize or overweight vehicles on certain highways. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 623.323, Transportation Code, as added |
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by Chapter 635 (H.B. 474), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2013, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding |
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Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(b) Of each fee [Fees] collected under Subsection (a), the |
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authority: |
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(1) may retain 15 percent for administrative costs; |
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and |
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(2) shall send to be used only for the construction and |
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maintenance of the roads described by or designated under this |
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subchapter: |
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(A) 60 percent [Section 623.322 and for the
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authority's administrative costs, which may not exceed 15 percent
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of the fees collected. The authority shall make payments] to the |
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Texas Department of Transportation; and |
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(B) 25 percent to the municipalities responsible |
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for maintenance of those roads [to provide funds for the
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maintenance of roads and highways subject to this subchapter]. |
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(c) The distribution made to a municipality under |
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Subsection (b)(2)(B) is based on the percentage of miles of road |
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maintained by the municipality as compared to the total miles of |
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road maintained by all municipalities. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |