H.B. No. 2854
AN ACT
relating to license plates created by the Texas Department of
Transportation for professional firefighters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 504.414 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.414. PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER PLATES. (a) The
professional firefighter plate may be issued to qualified
firefighters. The sponsor of the plate may nominate a state agency
for receipt of funds under Section 504.801(e)(2)(A).
(b) After deduction of the department's administrative
costs in accordance with Section 504.801, the remainder of the fees
from the sale of professional firefighter plates shall be deposited
to the credit of an account in the state treasury to be used by the
nominated state agency for the purpose of making grants to support
the activities of an organization of professional firefighters
located in this state that provides emergency relief and college
scholarship funds to the professional firefighters and their
dependents.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2854 was passed by the House on May 5,
2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 2854 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 2854 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142,
Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2854 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
2854 on June 1, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor