HB3459 - Relating to distribution of state traffic fine revenue received by the comptroller.

  89R9260 RDR-D     By: Bonnen H.B. No. 3459       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to distribution of state traffic fine revenue received by   the comptroller.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 542.4031(g) and (h), Transportation   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (g)  Of the money received by the comptroller under this   section, the comptroller shall deposit:                (1)   50 [ 70 ] percent to the credit of the undedicated   portion of the general revenue fund; and                (2)   50 [ 30 ] percent to the credit of the designated   trauma facility and emergency medical services account under   Section 780.003, Health and Safety Code.          (h)  Notwithstanding Subsection (g)(1), in any state fiscal   year the comptroller shall deposit 50 [ 70 ] percent of the money   received under Subsection (e)(2) to the credit of the general   revenue fund only until the total amount of the money deposited to   the credit of the general revenue fund under Subsection (g)(1)   equals $250 million for that year.  If in any state fiscal year the   amount received by the comptroller under Subsection (e)(2) for   deposit to the credit of the general revenue fund under Subsection   (g)(1) exceeds $250 million, the comptroller shall deposit the   additional amount to the credit of the Texas mobility fund.          SECTION 2.  Section 542.4031(g), Transportation Code, as   amended by this Act, applies only to the distribution of revenue   collected on or after the effective date of this Act.  The   distribution of revenue collected before the effective date of this   Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the revenue was   collected, and that law is continued in effect for the purpose of   the distribution of that revenue.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.