TITLE: Relating to the disposition of permit fees for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles on certain highways.

SUMMARY: Relating to the disposition of permit fees for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles on certain highways.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the disposition of permit fees for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles on certain highways. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 623.323, Transportation Code, as added by Chapter 635 (H.B. 474), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (b) Of each fee [Fees] collected under Subsection (a),the authority: (1) may retain 15 percent for administrative costs; and (2) shall send to be used only for the construction and maintenance of the roads described by or designated under this subchapter: (A) 60 percent [Section 623.322 and for the authority's administrative costs, which may not exceed 15 percent of the fees collected. The authority shall make payments] to the Texas Department of Transportation;and (B) 25 percent to the municipalities responsible for maintenance of those roads [to provide funds for the maintenance of roads and highways subject to this subchapter].(c) The distribution made to a municipality under Subsection (b)(2)(B) is based on the percentage of miles of road maintained by the municipality as compared to the total miles of road maintained by all municipalities. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.