TITLE: Directing the comptroller of public accounts to reduce the amounts of certain revenue that would otherwise be deposited to the state highway fund for the 2018 and 2019 state fiscal years.

SUMMARY: Directing the comptroller of public accounts to reduce the amounts of certain revenue that would otherwise be deposited to the state highway fund for the 2018 and 2019 state fiscal years.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Section 7-c(d), Article VIII, Texas Constitution, provides: "The legislature by adoption of a resolution approved by a record vote of two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature may direct the comptroller of public accounts to reduce the amount of money deposited to the credit of the state highway fund under Subsection (a) or (b) of this section."; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas, That, for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2017, the comptroller of public accounts reduce the amount of money that would otherwise be deposited in that state fiscal year to the credit of the state highway fund under Section 7-c(a), Article VIII, Texas Constitution, by 50 percent; and, be it further RESOLVED, That, for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2018, the comptroller of public accounts reduce the amount of money that would otherwise be deposited in that state fiscal year to the credit of the state highway fund under Section 7-c(a), Article VIII, Texas Constitution, by 50 percent; and, be it further RESOLVED, That this resolution is adopted only if approved by a record vote of two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature; and, be it further RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official copy of this resolution to the comptroller of public accounts.