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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature |
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to provide for automatic adjustments of the rates of motor fuels |
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taxes. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 7-c to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7-c. The legislature by general law may authorize the |
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comptroller of public accounts to automatically adjust the rates of |
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taxes imposed on motor fuels. A general law authorizing the |
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comptroller of public accounts to automatically adjust the rates |
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must prescribe the manner in which the comptroller may adjust the |
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rates and may include a provision basing the adjustment wholly or |
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partly on one or more price or cost index published by an agency of |
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the United States. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the |
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legislature to provide for automatic adjustments of the rates of |
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motor fuels taxes." |