By: Shaheen	H.B. No. 2686

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the provision and use of certain transportation
	funding, including the allocation of certain revenue from the taxes
	imposed on the sale or use of motor vehicles.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Effective September 1, 2015, Section 152.122,
	Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 152.122.  ALLOCATION AND USE OF TAX.  (a)  Subject to
	Section 152.1222, the [The] comptroller shall deposit the funds
	received under Section 152.121 of this code as follows:
	(1)  1/6 to the credit of the state highway fund [1/4 to
	the credit of the foundation school fund]; and
	(2)  the remaining funds to the credit of the general
	revenue fund.
	(b)  Money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund
	under this section may not be used for:
	(1)  a toll road; or
	(2)  a mass transit project.
	SECTION 2.  Effective September 1, 2016, Section 152.122,
	Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 152.122.  ALLOCATION AND USE OF TAX.  (a)  Subject to
	Section 152.1222, the [The] comptroller shall deposit the funds
	received under Section 152.121 of this code as follows:
	[(1)  1/3 to the credit of the state highway fund [1/4
	to the credit of the foundation school fund]; and
	(2)  the remaining funds to the credit of the general
	revenue fund.
	SECTION 3.  Effective September 1, 2017, Section 152.122,
	Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 152.122.  ALLOCATION AND USE OF TAX.  (a)  Subject to
	Section 152.1222, the [The] comptroller shall deposit the funds
	received under Section 152.121 of this code as follows:
	(1)  1/2 to the credit of the state highway fund [1/4 to
	the credit of the foundation school fund]; and
	(2)  the remaining funds to the credit of the general
	revenue fund.
	SECTION 4.  Effective September 1, 2018, Section 152.122,
	Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 152.122.  ALLOCATION AND USE OF TAX.  (a)  Subject to
	Section 152.1222, the [The] comptroller shall deposit the funds
	received under Section 152.121 of this code as follows:
	(1)  2/3 to the credit of the state highway fund [1/4 to
	the credit of the foundation school fund]; and
	(2)  the remaining funds to the credit of the general
	revenue fund.
	SECTION 5.  Effective September 1, 2019, Section 152.122,
	Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 152.122.  ALLOCATION AND USE OF TAX.  (a)  Subject to
	Section 152.1222, the [The] comptroller shall deposit the funds
	received under Section 152.121 of this code as follows:
	(1)  5/6 to the credit of the state highway fund [1/4 to
	the credit of the foundation school fund]; and
	(2)  the remaining funds to the credit of the general
	revenue fund.
	SECTION 6.  Effective September 1, 2020, Section 152.122,
	Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 152.122.  ALLOCATION AND USE OF TAX.  (a)  Subject to
	Section 152.1222, the [The] comptroller shall deposit the funds
	received under Section 152.121 to the credit of the state highway
	fund. [of this code as follows:]
	[(1)     1/4 to the credit of the foundation school fund;
	and]
	[(2)     the remaining funds to the credit of the general
	revenue fund.]
	SECTION 7.  Subchapter A, Chapter 222, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 222.007 to read as follows:
	Sec. 222.007.  FUNDING FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.  (a)  In this
	section, "mass transit" has the meaning assigned by Section
	370.003.
	(b)  On or before August 31, 2020, the department shall
	identify and implement savings and efficiencies that result in a
	total savings of at least $1 billion. The amount saved is
	appropriated for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2020,
	to the department from the source from which the money was
	originally appropriated for the purpose of funding:
	(1)  added capacity projects on the state highway
	system; and
	(2)  preventive maintenance and rehabilita
	tion
	projects on the state highway system.
	(c)  To provide the funding required under Subsection (b),
	the department:
	(1)  shall maximize the use of all amounts appropriated
	to the department;
	(2)  may use savings realized through operational
	efficiencies, cost reductions, and cost savings; and
	(3)  may not reduce the amount of funding available for
	transportation projects.
	(d)  Money appropriated under this section may not be used
	for toll road, mass transit, or highway beautification projects.
	(e)  Not later than August 31, 2020, the department shall
	report in writing to the legislature on the implementation of this
	section.
	(f)  This section expires September 1, 2020.
	SECTION 8.  In addition to the substantive changes made by
	this Act, this Act conforms Section 152.122, Tax Code, to the method
	of allocating motor vehicle sales and use taxes in effect before the
	effective date of this Act.  Section 11.04, Chapter 4 (S.B. 3), Acts
	of the 72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1991, enacted former
	Section 403.094(h), Government Code, which abolished certain state
	fund dedications and resulted in the abolition of the allocation to
	the foundation school fund effective August 31, 1995.
	SECTION 9.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
	act takes effect September 1, 2015.