S.C.R. No. 2

	SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, Section 7-c(f), Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
	provides:  "The legislature by adoption of a resolution approved by
	a record vote of a majority of the members of each house of the
	legislature may extend, in 10-year increments, the duty of the
	comptroller of public accounts to make a deposit under Subsection
	(a) or (b) of this section beyond the applicable date prescribed by
	Subsection (e) of this section."; and
	WHEREAS, Under Section 7-c(e)(1), Article VIII, Texas
	Constitution, the duty of the comptroller of public accounts under
	Section 7-c(a) of that article to deposit to the credit of the state
	highway fund $2.5 billion of the net revenue derived from the
	imposition of the state sales and use tax on the sale, storage, use,
	or other consumption in this state of taxable items under Chapter
	151, Tax Code, or its successor, that exceeds the first $28 billion
	of that revenue coming into the treasury in that state fiscal year
	expires August 31, 2032; and
	WHEREAS, Under Section 7-c(e)(2), Article VIII, Texas
	Constitution, the duty of the comptroller of public accounts under
	Section 7-c(b) of that article to deposit to the credit of the state
	highway fund an amount equal to 35 percent of the net revenue
	derived from the tax authorized by Chapter 152, Tax Code, or its
	successor, and imposed on the sale, use, or rental of a motor
	vehicle that exceeds the first $5 billion of that revenue coming
	into the treasury in that state fiscal year expires August 31, 2029;
	now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED by the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas, That
	the duty of the comptroller of public accounts under Section
	7-c(a), Article VIII, Texas Constitution, to deposit to the credit
	of the state highway fund $2.5 billion of the net revenue derived
	from the imposition of the state sales and use tax on the sale,
	storage, use, or other consumption in this state of taxable items
	under Chapter 151, Tax Code, or its successor, that exceeds the
	first $28 billion of that revenue coming into the treasury in that
	state fiscal year is extended and expires August 31, 2042; and, be
	it further
	RESOLVED, That the duty of the comptroller of public accounts
	under Section 7-c(b), Article VIII, Texas Constitution, to deposit
	to the credit of the state highway fund an amount equal to 35
	percent of the net revenue derived from the tax authorized by
	Chapter 152, Tax Code, or its successor, and imposed on the sale,
	use, or rental of a motor vehicle that exceeds the first $5 billion
	of that revenue coming into the treasury in that state fiscal year
	is extended and expires August 31, 2039; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That this resolution is adopted only if approved by
	a record vote of a majority 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.
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	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
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	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 2 was adopted by the Senate
	on April 17, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 2 was adopted by the House
	on May 17, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0,
	one present not voting.
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	Chief Clerk of the House
	Received:
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	Date
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	Secretary of State