Section 13. Revenue from highway user and motor fuel taxes to be used for highway purposes
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The proceeds from the imposition of any license tax, registration fee, driver education tax, or other charge related to the operation of any motor vehicle upon any public highway in this State, and the proceeds from the imposition of any excise tax on gasoline or other liquid motor fuels used for propelling such vehicle, except for statutory refunds and adjustments allowed thereunder and for costs of collection and administration, shall be used exclusively for highway purposes as follows:
(1) the construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of city streets, county roads, and State highways, including but not restricted to payment for property taken for or damaged by rights of way, and for administrative costs necessarily incurred for said purposes;
(2) the administration of a driver education program,
(3) the enforcement of State motor vehicle and traffic laws; and
(4) the payment of the principal of and interest on any obligation of the State or any city or county, issued for any of the highway purposes set forth in Subsection (1), and to which any of the proceeds described in this section have been pledged, including any of such proceeds paid to the State or any city or county, as provided by statute.
The proceeds from the imposition of any license tax, registration fee, driver education tax, or other charge related to the operation of any motor vehicle upon any public highway in this state, and the proceeds from the imposition of any excise tax on gasoline or other liquid motor fuels used for propelling such vehicle, except for statutory refunds and adjustments allowed thereunder and for costs of collection and administration, shall be used exclusively for highway purposes as follows:
(1) The construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of city streets, county roads, and state highways, including but not restricted to payment for property taken for or damaged by rights of way, and for administrative costs necessarily incurred for said purposes.
(2) The administration of a driver education program.
(3) The enforcement of state motor vehicle and traffic laws.
(4) Tourists and publicity expense in any single biennium not in excess of the lesser of the following: (a) .5 percent of the total biennial revenues from motor fuel taxes, or (b) an amount equal to the 1959-1961 biennium.