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  By: Nichols, et al. S.B. No. 5
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
  relating to the allocation to the state highway fund and the
  available school fund of certain motor vehicle sales, use, and
  rental tax revenue and to the uses of the revenue allocated to the
  state highway fund.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 152, Tax Code, is amended
  by adding Section 152.1223 to read as follows:
         Sec. 152.1223.  ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN TAX REVENUE TO STATE
  HIGHWAY FUND.  (a)  This section applies only to money that:
               (1)  the comptroller receives in a state fiscal year
  that begins on or after September 1, 2017;
               (2)  is received under Sections 152.043, 152.045,
  152.047, and 152.121, is derived from the taxes imposed under
  Sections 152.021, 152.022, 152.023, 152.026, and 152.028, and is
  remaining after the comptroller makes the allocation required by
  Section 152.1222; and
               (3)  exceeds the first $2.5 billion of the money
  described by Subdivisions (1) and (2) that is received in that state
  fiscal year.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 152.122, the comptroller shall
  deposit the money to which this section applies as follows:
               (1)  the comptroller shall deposit all money received
  to the credit of the state highway fund until a total of $2.5
  billion has been deposited to the fund under this subdivision in the
  state fiscal year; and
               (2)  the comptroller shall deposit any additional money
  received in the state fiscal year as follows:
                     (A)  fifty percent to the credit of the state
  highway fund;
                     (B)  thirty percent to the credit of the general
  revenue fund; and
                     (C)  twenty percent to the credit of the available
  school fund.
         (c)  Money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund
  under this section may be appropriated only to:
               (1)  construct, maintain, or acquire rights-of-way for
  public roadways other than toll roads; or
               (2)  repay the principal of and interest on general
  obligation bonds issued as authorized by Section 49-p, Article III,
  Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.