78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 82 Page: 1 of 5
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H.C.R. No. 82
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 WHEREAS, An integrated, safe, and adequately financed
2 transportation system is a critical component of the economic,
3 social, and environmental well-being of both the United States and
4 Texas; and
5 WHEREAS, The Highway Trust Fund was established by the
6 Highway Revenue Act of 1956 as a mechanism to finance an accelerated
7 highway program, including the Interstate Highway System; the
8 'revenues used to finance the trust fund are derived from federal
9 excise taxes on highway motor fuel and certain truck-related taxes
10 collected from motorists in all 50 states and paid into the federal
11 Highway Trust Fund; and
12 WHEREAS, Federal law requires that the money paid into the
13 trust fund be returned to -the states in accordance with
14 legislatively established formulas that are recalculated every six
15 years in r eauthor ization legislation; most recently the
16 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) was passed
17 in 1998; and
18 WHEREAS, Due to funding disparities, 26 states, known as
19 highway program donor states, receive less than their fair share of
20 the federal fuel taxes that their citizens have paid into the
21 highway account of the trust fund; from 1956 to 2001, Texas received
22 only an average highway program rate of return of 78 percent on the
23 funds sent to Washington; and
24 WHEREAS, Currently, the United States Congress is drafting1
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 82, legislative document, June 20, 2003; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth159056/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.