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Floor Packet Page No. 220
Amend CSSB 1 in Article XI by adding the following:
COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
_____. CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION: HB 5. Contingent on
enactment and becoming law of HB 5, or similar legislation of the
79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, that results in an
increase in the rates of the motor fuels taxes imposed on gasoline
and diesel fuel, from the amounts otherwise appropriated above to
the Texas Department of Transportation from State Highway Fund No.
006, there is appropriated to the comptroller of public accounts an
amount equal to 10 percent of the amounts collected from the motor
fuels tax imposed on gasoline and diesel fuel under Chapter 162, Tax
Code, that are deposited to the credit of the state highway fund and
that are attributable to the portion of the tax rate in excess of 20
cents for each net gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel or fractional
part. The comptroller of public accounts shall use the
appropriated revenue to provide money to counties for the support
of the county road system under the special county road assistance
program as authorized by Subchapter D, Chapter 445, Local
Government Code.