| 1 | 1 | | 81R10589 MTB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Ortiz, Jr. H.B. No. 2689 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to funding for the fund for veterans' assistance. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, |
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| 10 | 10 | | is amended by adding Section 502.1746 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 502.1746. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO VETERANS' |
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| 12 | 12 | | ASSISTANCE FUND. (a) When a person registers a motor vehicle |
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| 13 | 13 | | under this chapter, the person is entitled to make a voluntary |
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| 14 | 14 | | contribution in any amount to the fund for veterans' assistance |
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| 15 | 15 | | established by Section 434.017, Government Code, as amended by |
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| 16 | 16 | | Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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| 17 | 17 | | Session, 2007. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) The county assessor-collector shall send any |
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| 19 | 19 | | contribution made under this section to the comptroller for deposit |
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| 20 | 20 | | in the state treasury to the credit of the fund for veterans' |
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| 21 | 21 | | assistance before the 31st day after the date the contribution is |
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| 22 | 22 | | made. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 434.017, Government Code, as |
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| 24 | 24 | | redesignated and amended by Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107), Acts of the |
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| 25 | 25 | | 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is amended by amending |
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| 26 | 26 | | Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) The fund for veterans' assistance is a special fund in |
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| 28 | 28 | | the state treasury outside the general revenue fund. The fund is |
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| 29 | 29 | | composed of: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) money transferred to the fund at the direction of |
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| 31 | 31 | | the legislature; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) money deposited to the credit of the fund under |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section 502.1746, Transportation Code; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) gifts, [and] grants, and donations contributed to |
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| 35 | 35 | | the fund; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (4) [(3)] the earnings of the fund. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (g) Notwithstanding other law, for purposes of Subchapter |
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| 38 | 38 | | I, Chapter 659: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) the fund is considered an eligible charitable |
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| 40 | 40 | | organization entitled to participate in a state employee charitable |
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| 41 | 41 | | campaign under Subchapter I, Chapter 659; and |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) a state employee is entitled to authorize a |
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| 43 | 43 | | deduction for contributions to the fund as a charitable |
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| 44 | 44 | | contribution under Section 659.132, and the Texas Veterans |
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| 45 | 45 | | Commission may use the contributions for the purposes listed in |
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| 46 | 46 | | Subsection (c). |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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