TITLE: Relating to the use of certain money deposited to the state highway fund for transportation projects in energy-producing regions of this state.

SUMMARY: Relating to the use of certain money deposited to the state highway fund for transportation projects in energy-producing regions of this state.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the use of certain money deposited to the state highway fund for transportation projects in energy-producing regions of this state. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 222, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 222.007 to read as follows: Sec. 222.007. ENERGY-PRODUCING REGIONS ACCOUNT. (a) The comptroller shall credit 25 percent of the money deposited to the state highway fund under Section 49-g(c), Article III, Texas Constitution, to an account in that fund known as the energy-producing regions account. (b) Money in the energy-producing regions account may be appropriated only to pay for constructing, maintaining, or acquiring rights-of-way for local public roadways, other than toll roads, in energy-producing regions of this state. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.