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| 1 | 1 | By: Smith of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 1148 | |
| 2 | 2 | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2011; | |
| 3 | 3 | April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on | |
| 4 | 4 | Transportation and Homeland Security; May 13, 2011, reported | |
| 5 | 5 | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 13, 2011, sent | |
| 6 | 6 | to printer.) | |
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| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 10 | 10 | AN ACT | |
| 11 | 11 | relating to an exemption for certain disabled veterans from the | |
| 12 | 12 | payment of a fee for the issuance of a personal identification | |
| 13 | 13 | certificate. | |
| 14 | 14 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 15 | 15 | SECTION 1. Section 521.426(a), Transportation Code, is | |
| 16 | 16 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 17 | 17 | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a veteran of | |
| 18 | 18 | service in the armed forces of the United States is exempt from the | |
| 19 | 19 | payment of fees under this chapter for the issuance of a driver's | |
| 20 | 20 | license or personal identification certificate if the veteran: | |
| 21 | 21 | (1) was honorably discharged; | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) has a service-related disability of at least 60 | |
| 23 | 23 | percent; and | |
| 24 | 24 | (3) receives compensation from the United States | |
| 25 | 25 | because of the disability. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | |
| 27 | 27 | * * * * * |