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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amount of money transferred monthly from the state |
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highway fund to the Texas emissions reduction plan fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 501.138(b-1) and (b-2), Transportation |
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Code, are amended 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 1,
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2015, shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas emissions
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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) that are attributable to applicants from counties |
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in which a fee under Section 185 of the federal Clean Air Act (42 |
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U.S.C. Section 7511d) is assessed. On or before the fifth workday |
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of each month, the Texas Department of Transportation shall remit |
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to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the Texas emissions |
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reduction plan fund an amount of money equal to the amount of those |
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[the] 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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Texas Department of Transportation shall use for remittance to the |
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comptroller as required by this subsection money in the state |
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highway fund that is not required to be used for a purpose specified |
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by Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, and may not use |
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for that remittance money received by this state under the |
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congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program |
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established under 23 U.S.C. Section 149. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Transportation is not |
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required to comply with Section 501.138(b-2), Transportation Code, |
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as amended by this Act, until October 1, 2015. Before October 1, |
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2015, the Texas Department of Transportation shall comply with |
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Section 501.138(b-2), Transportation Code, as it existed on August |
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31, 2015, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |