81R10589 MTB-D
By: Ortiz, Jr. H.B. No. 2689
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding for the fund for veterans' assistance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 502.1746 to read as follows:
Sec. 502.1746. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO VETERANS'
ASSISTANCE FUND. (a) When a person registers a motor vehicle
under this chapter, the person is entitled to make a voluntary
contribution in any amount to the fund for veterans' assistance
established by Section 434.017, Government Code, as amended by
Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2007.
(b) The county assessor-collector shall send any
contribution made under this section to the comptroller for deposit
in the state treasury to the credit of the fund for veterans'
assistance before the 31st day after the date the contribution is
made.
SECTION 2. Section 434.017, Government Code, as
redesignated and amended by Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107), Acts of the
80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is amended by amending
Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(a) The fund for veterans' assistance is a special fund in
the state treasury outside the general revenue fund. The fund is
composed of:
(1) money transferred to the fund at the direction of
the legislature;
(2) money deposited to the credit of the fund under
Section 502.1746, Transportation Code;
(3) gifts, [and] grants, and donations contributed to
the fund; and
(4) [(3)] the earnings of the fund.
(g) Notwithstanding other law, for purposes of Subchapter
I, Chapter 659:
(1) the fund is considered an eligible charitable
organization entitled to participate in a state employee charitable
campaign under Subchapter I, Chapter 659; and
(2) a state employee is entitled to authorize a
deduction for contributions to the fund as a charitable
contribution under Section 659.132, and the Texas Veterans
Commission may use the contributions for the purposes listed in
Subsection (c).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.