81R10951 MTB-F
By: Davis, Wendy S.B. No. 2403
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to making a voluntary contribution to the fund for
veterans' assistance when registering a motor vehicle.
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(a), Government Code, as
redesignated and amended by Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107), Acts of the
80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is amended 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 contributed to the fund; and
(4) [(3)] the earnings of the fund.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.