Texas § IN.251.004 - DEPOSIT OF MAINTENANCE TAXES AND SURCHARGES
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§ IN.251.004. DEPOSIT OF MAINTENANCE TAXES AND SURCHARGES
DEPOSIT OF MAINTENANCE TAXES AND SURCHARGES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), maintenance taxes collected under this subtitle and surcharges collected under Chapter 255 shall be deposited in the general revenue fund and reallocated to the Texas Department of Insurance operating account. (b) Each state fiscal year, the comptroller shall reallocate to the floodplain management account established under Section 16.453 , Water Code, the first $3.05 million of the maintenance taxes collected under Chapter 252 and deposited in the general revenue fund. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1323 (S.B. 1436 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 947 (S.B. 7 ), Sec. 3.02, eff. June 13, 2019. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 358 (S.B. 1455 ), Sec. 8, eff. January 1, 2026. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 358 (S.B. 1455 ), Sec. 9, eff. January 1, 2026.
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