Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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'4. :"hat lo your oon8Gruotlon of t&u turm hW' a8 it 8Qpara it t&l %i%%A&Q8At? ‘@Zi%tiRg *' >. rneorar 0s you era able to detenui~e, doe% the shlvara* amandwant make my revisions in exletl~~ AawE or proodhrea, other the& to use UT tiiti l'MV%AU%% etated r%quln for iiigii- way purposeaF
“6. Does t&e UlWAdrneAt prOvent the Lc(llsla- two iron detrmainlng or auGhorl&lrig the type8 Oi rOr4 011 Which the IllOAOy Will be 8&Wt’t” Tim 8mendemnt to zouae Joint i?e80lutIoA No. k9, Is COPY Oi WlriOh &~OO&p&de~ yOUr in~tby, 18 Cia fOllO~llt~
"ALWAd UOuPO JOiAt Rs8OlUtiOQ 80. 09 by rtrlkine Out all Of EMOtlOA 1 aAd Inrorting IA 1Ieu thdreof the follou~;
"'iiaOtdOA 1. That Aftlab VIII of tho COAZtitUtiOA Ol the Stat. Of.mXar bs amn4.d by 84dIn& khon%O a naw notion to be kAOWU a@ Wotlon 7-A an4 Go read al rollarar
"'SootLoA 7-a. All net ravanuel~ r.owiIAlAg after &%%yl%6At of 811 retunda allowed by law and zpumir OS colleotIaa, darlred from road unl: but AOt U&God to AOtOr Vehielo taxO8, in01u4ing N&iZtMtiOA fZ.B, dl?fFOII' i.iCWAZO t0.S Ul4 6tl.l GUM, Other Ghan ad Val0ma and pass prO4UetlOA ruu1B lubciaantr t%x%a, on motor uwd to pro- pel sotor vehtol.m OVBT pbllo roadwnya, shall be wed for tho role purpom of oonatruoting and %min- tainl~ Mid publIo roadways a04 ror tk@ enforor- by th. X.6&- lacAt of l uah laws aa may be preaorlbed Iolatura partalnlog to thr rruyrrvIolo~ ot tram0 pna lioesiaing Urlverr upon suoh roadr, urd ror uxd iRtent3t OA OOURty the $XlJQbSAt Of the ptfnOi& an4 dlstrlot bOAda or warraatr voted Or Lsaued January 2, 1939 and doolared eligible JaAwry 2, 1915, for paymAt out prior County and Road DIetrIot'MIghuay tuad unbar cleat- 3.1243 law; prov14s4, however, chat OAO-fOWth (l/b) frcua tha motor Sue1 tar *hall of 8uch net mvenua be 811006Ccd t0 the Avafl6blO SOhOOl r'und. KoCha ~ontsined herein @ball b% ooaotrued 86 aUthOriZiA#J the plrrd&n,g of the SGate*a aredlt tkny pur- ROM.‘”
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Oenorelly speekl.nE tao ml%8 statutory oonstruo- tiOA 8pp4 in the OOJl8t~liOt~O~ Of OOA8titUtiOl-d prOVi8&ORS. (Ft. worth and D. C. W. Co. v. Yrasler, 191 5. W+ 806). It la atato&~in nx. Jur., Vol. 9, PO k29t
*A rundelaaatal rule of oonatruotion whloh i8 rpplic%ble to statutes 0% w%l..l a% to oonetltutisce la that, ln %%oert%lning the aaanlq of an amend- msnt, the oourt will look to ths evil w~iioh W%S aought to bo owd end tha re%~%dy rhiob MS sought to be 8ppii0ar A oOaatItutiOn81 %mOAdlNAt beooaoa just as muoh a p8rt of the organla law as w*8 Ghe amon provision, a~& the %ffeQt of the aaendmeAt la tho a%m% %8 If It had bran 0rIginrrAl.y lnoorpo- rate4 b the OOAStitUtlOA. tiowaver, R oonstitu- fiODll1 A&OA&lhOAt b8b& the bet eXpZ'e88iOA Of Will Of th. p.0~16, SAY &WVidOA& Ot the OOMtitU- GIoA prevloualy aXlatin& mUat, IA oa%e of ooAfUet, yi.14 to it.*
& ooMtituGiond WOViSiOA S&OUlb not b0 &V*A R n&S- row Geehnleel oonatruotion bg &he oourGa$ it WiU. be eon- aGnu lIber&lly In an equitable Uanex, a0 as Go orrry 0uG the great primalplea of ~overAm6int. SQreat Bouthem ure IAS. CO. V. city of u8tjS, 263 8. if. 778,.
The propoae4 amen4bu+t expmaa4 allaoaea ona-fourth of the net revem from the motor fm tax to the mlkbla Bohool Fund. 'fbmtP1'8 Our R~%wR~S Go #a qUWttOA8 Under Om- l I4er%tIon have A0 a*pZloeGIo* wh8t8oqrer to the nv*nur Obkin64 fXWJ% th% rPa60r rU6i td&X WhiOh i8 &Oe&Geb t0 UM AI%II.abiO SOhe ruh4. ArlmleriIlg pour rirat quoatlon,It la our OpiKliOA that Gha
proposed amen6a8at pxeventr the urn of texea enuruntab for pur- pORO8 0Gh.r th8A tho%e menGiOnad IA Ghe OJroj+@a%d uaM(1Iynt, That ia My, that the lWVOAU.8 lWaiAilk6 afG@F mymnt Of Rll M- fund8 aUowo4 by law alid Oxpen8ea of aolleotion,4erived from user tazaa, not llmIGa4 motor vehicle lnoIutS.~.but rogl~tration rem, drivers* lIo%aae teea, end sl.l taxes other thao Ad v%lor%m tax%8 aud gross produetlon taxaa, on aotor fuels and lubricant% used to projnsl %#tor v%~lolea orer pub116 POB~UAYS, Sh8ll be wed fOl' the W&B PUl'pOW Of 6lOA8tl'UOtiAg m8inklnlxig pub110 roadwqe an4 for %nforocrment of auoh laws an may be prenoribed by the Leglalaturo p%rtainIng Go the supcrrvision of trafflo aAd llocnalng of drivea upon uoh ro%da, efid f:or We pyawnt of tha principal and Interast @n county rnd road distriot bonds or vmrrenta vote4 ox la%uud prior Go January 2, 1939 arrd deakared eligibl% to January 2, 1945, for pay- nmnt out of the Bounty %ad Soa4 Dietriot ?Ll@nay Fund uider 4dfhlKl6 1RW.