83S20351 JJT-F
 
  By: Pickett, Phillips, Harper-Brown, et al. H.J.R. No. 2
 
  Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 2:
 
  By:  Pitts C.S.H.J.R. No. 2
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for certain revenue
  from motor fuel taxes to be used solely for constructing,
  maintaining, and acquiring rights-of-way for certain public
  roadways and to provide for the transfer of certain general revenue
  to the economic stabilization fund and the available school fund.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 49-g, Article III, Texas Constitution,
  is amended by amending Subsections (c), (d), and (e) and adding
  Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
         (c)  Not later than the 90th day of each fiscal year, the
  comptroller of public accounts shall transfer from general revenue
  to the economic stabilization fund and to the available school fund
  the amounts prescribed by Subsections (d) and (e) of this section.
  However, if necessary, the comptroller shall reduce
  proportionately the amounts to be transferred to the economic
  stabilization fund to prevent the amount in the fund from exceeding
  the limit in effect for that biennium under Subsection (g) of this
  section.
         (d)  If in the preceding year the state received from oil
  production taxes a net amount greater than the net amount of oil
  production taxes received by the state in the fiscal year ending
  August 31, 1987, the comptroller shall retain [transfer to the
  economic stabilization fund] an amount equal to 25 [75] percent of
  the difference between those amounts as general revenue. The
  comptroller shall transfer the remaining 75 percent of the
  difference between those amounts to the economic stabilization fund
  and the available school fund, as allocated in accordance with
  Subsection (e-1) of this section [retain the remaining 25 percent
  of the difference as general revenue]. In computing the net amount
  of oil production taxes received, the comptroller may not consider
  refunds paid as a result of oil overcharge litigation.
         (e)  If in the preceding year the state received from gas
  production taxes a net amount greater than the net amount of gas
  production taxes received by the state in the fiscal year ending
  August 31, 1987, the comptroller shall retain [transfer to the
  economic stabilization fund] an amount equal to 25 [75] percent of
  the difference between those amounts as general revenue. The
  comptroller shall transfer the remaining 75 percent of the
  difference between those amounts to the economic stabilization fund
  and the available school fund, as allocated in accordance with
  Subsection (e-1) of this section [retain the remaining 25 percent
  of the difference as general revenue]. For the purposes of this
  subsection, the comptroller shall adjust the [his] computation of
  revenues to reflect only 12 months of collection.
         (e-1)  Of the sum of the amounts to be transferred to the
  economic stabilization fund and the available school fund under
  Subsections (d) and (e) of this section, the comptroller shall
  transfer:
               (1)  to the available school fund an amount equal to the
  lesser of:
                     (A)  25 percent of the net revenue derived in the
  preceding year from all taxes, except gross production and ad
  valorem taxes, imposed on motor fuels used to propel motor vehicles
  over public roadways that remains after payment of all refunds
  allowed by law and expenses of collection; or
                     (B)  the total of the sum of the amounts to be
  transferred under Subsections (d) and (e) of this section; and
               (2)  any remainder to the economic stabilization fund,
  subject to any reduction required by Subsection (c) of this
  section.
         SECTION 2.  Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 7-a.  Subject to legislative appropriation, allocation
  and direction, all net revenues remaining after payment of all
  refunds allowed by law and expenses of collection derived from
  motor vehicle registration fees, and all taxes, except gross
  production and ad valorem taxes, on motor fuels and lubricants used
  to propel motor vehicles over public roadways, shall be used for the
  sole purpose of acquiring rights-of-way, constructing,
  maintaining, and policing such public roadways, and for the
  administration of such laws as may be prescribed by the Legislature
  pertaining to the supervision of traffic and safety on such roads;
  [and for the payment of the principal and interest on county and
  road district bonds or warrants voted or issued prior to January 2,
  1939, and declared eligible prior to January 2, 1945, for payment
  out of the County and Road District Highway Fund under existing
  law;] provided, however, that one-fourth (1/4) of such net revenue
  from the motor fuel tax may be used for the sole purpose of
  acquiring rights-of-way, constructing, and maintaining such public
  roadways, other than toll roads [shall be allocated to the
  Available School Fund]; and, provided, however, that the net
  revenue derived by counties from motor vehicle registration fees
  shall never be less than the maximum amounts allowed to be retained
  by each County and the percentage allowed to be retained by each
  County under the laws in effect on January 1, 1945. Nothing
  contained herein shall be construed as authorizing the pledging of
  the State's credit for any purpose.
         SECTION 3.  The following temporary provision is added to
  the Texas Constitution:
         TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a)  This temporary provision applies
  to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 83rd Legislature,
  2nd Called Session, 2013, to provide for certain revenue from motor
  fuel taxes to be used solely for constructing, maintaining, and
  acquiring rights-of-way for certain public roadways and to provide
  for the transfer of certain general revenue to the economic
  stabilization fund and the available school fund.
         (b)  The amendment to Section 49-g, Article III, of this
  constitution takes effect immediately on the final canvass of the
  election on the amendment. If, between September 1, 2013, and the
  effective date of the amendment to Section 49-g, Article III, of
  this constitution, the comptroller of public accounts has
  transferred from general revenue to the economic stabilization fund
  amounts in accordance with Subsections (c), (d), and (e) of that
  section as those subsections provided at the time of the transfer,
  as soon as practicable after the effective date of the amendment the
  comptroller shall transfer from the economic stabilization fund to
  the available school fund an amount as described by Subsection
  (e-1) of that section.
         (c)  The amendment to Section 7-a, Article VIII, of this
  constitution takes effect January 1, 2014, and applies only to the
  collection and allocation of tax revenue derived from tax liability
  accruing on and after that date.
         (d)  This temporary provision expires January 1, 2015.
         SECTION 4.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment to provide for certain
  revenue from motor fuel taxes to be used solely for constructing,
  maintaining, and acquiring rights-of-way for certain public
  roadways and to provide for the transfer of certain general revenue
  to the economic stabilization fund and the available school fund."