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Constitutional Amendment Restricting the Use of Vehicle Fees and Taxes for Highway Purposes
All fees collected by the State of {insert state} as license fees for motor vehicles and all excise taxes collected by the State of {insert state} on the sale, distribution or use of motor vehicle fuel, and any another motor vehicle related tax or fee shall be paid into the state treasury and placed in a special fund to be used exclusively for highway purposes. Such highway purposes shall be construed to include the following:
(A) The necessary operating, engineering and legal expenses connected with the administration of public highways, county roads and city streets;
(B) The construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and betterment of public highways, county roads, bridges and city streets; including the cost and expense of
(1) acquisition of rights-of-way,
(2) installing, maintaining and operating traffic signs and signal lights,
(3) operation of movable span bridges,
(4) operation of motor vehicle carrying ferries, which are a part of any public highway, county road, or city street; and
(C) The payment or refunding of any obligation of the State of {insert state}, or any political subdivision thereof, for which any of the revenues described in this section may have been legally pledged prior to the effective date of this act.
Section 2 {Severability clause.}
Section 3 {Repealer clause.}