Texas Motor Vehicle Revenue Uses Amendment (2015)
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The Texas Motor Vehicle Revenue Uses Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have defined how revenue from taxes on the sale of motor vehicles may be allocated. Revenue would have been utilized for acquiring rights-of-way, constructing, maintaining, policing public roadways, administrating the supervision of roadway traffic and safety, paying the principal and interest on county and road district bonds and warrants and paying the principle and interest of general obligation bonds issued by the Texas Transportation Commission.[1]
The measure was introduced into the Texas Legislature by Rep. Will Metcalf (R-16) as House Joint Resolution 53.[2]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot title was:[1]
| “ | The constitutional amendment dedicating certain revenue derived from the tax imposed on a sale of a motor vehicle sold in this state to the state highway fund.[3] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article 8, Texas Constitution
The proposed amendment would have added a Section 7-c to Article 8 of the Texas Constitution.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
The proposed constitutional amendment was filed by Rep. Will Metcalf (R-16) as House Joint Resolution 53 on December 8, 2014.[2] A two-thirds vote in both chambers of the Texas State Legislature was required to refer this amendment to the ballot. Texas is one of 16 states that require a two-thirds supermajority vote in both chambers.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Texas Legislature, "HJR No. 53," accessed January 23, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Texas Legislature, "HJR No. 53 History," accessed January 23, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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