H.B. No. 1274
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from the payment of a toll for unmarked
military vehicles conducting or training for emergency operations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 362.901(d), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) In this section:
(1) "Military vehicle" includes an unmarked military
vehicle operated by military personnel conducting an emergency
preparedness, response, or recovery operation or participating in a
training exercise for an emergency preparedness, response, or
recovery operation. The term does not include a vehicle operated
for personal use.
(2) "Toll [, "toll] project" includes a toll road,
toll highway, turnpike, toll bridge, ferry, or similar project,
users of which are required to pay a toll or fare.
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, 2011.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1274 was passed by the House on April
26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1274 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0
.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor