TITLE: Relating to use of money in the state highway fund.

SUMMARY: Relating to use of money in the state highway fund.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to use of money in the state highway fund. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 222.001(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Money that is required to be used for public roadways by the Texas Constitution or federal law and that is deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, including money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund under Title 23, United States Code, may be used only: (1) to improve the state highway system; or (2) to mitigate adverse environmental effects that result directly from construction or maintenance of a state highway by the department [; or [(3) by the Department of Public Safety to police the state highway system and to administer state laws relating to traffic and safety on public roads].SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.