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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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TAX CODE |
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Title 2. STATE TAXATION |
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Subtitle E. SALES, EXCISE, AND USE TAXES |
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Chapter 162. MOTOR FUEL TAXES |
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Subchapter F. ALLOCATION OF TAXES |
Sec. 162.503. ALLOCATION OF GASOLINE TAX
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(a) On or before the fifth workday after the end of each month, the comptroller, after making all deductions for refund purposes and for the amounts allocated under Sections 162.502 and 162.5025, shall allocate the net remainder of the taxes collected under Subchapter B as follows:
(1) one-fourth of the tax shall be deposited to the credit of the available school fund;
(2) one-half of the tax shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund for the construction and maintenance of the state road system under existing law; and
(3) from the remaining one-fourth of the tax the comptroller shall:
(A) deposit to the credit of the county and road district highway fund all the remaining tax receipts until a total of $7,300,000 has been credited to the fund each fiscal year; and
(B) after the amount required to be deposited to the county and road district highway fund has been deposited, deposit to the credit of the state highway fund the remainder of the one-fourth of the tax, the amount to be provided on the basis of allocations made each month of the fiscal year, which sum shall be used by the Texas Department of Transportation for the construction, improvement, and maintenance of farm-to-market roads.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the comptroller may not allocate revenue otherwise required to be allocated under Subsection (a) during July and August 2013 before the first workday of September 2013. The revenue shall be allocated as otherwise provided by Subsection (a) not later than the fifth workday of September 2013. This subsection expires September 1, 2015.