82R18824 JXC-D By: Mallory Caraway H.B. No. 2851 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2851: By: Pickett C.S.H.B. No. 2851 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to deferral of certain surcharge payments for military personnel deployed outside of the continental United States. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 708, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 708.106 to read as follows: Sec. 708.106. DEFERRAL OF SURCHARGES FOR DEPLOYED MILITARY PERSONNEL. The department by rule shall establish a deferral program for surcharges assessed under Section 708.103 or 708.104 against a person who is a member of the United States armed forces on active duty deployed outside of the continental United States. The program must: (1) toll the 36-month period while the person is deployed; and (2) defer assessment of surcharges against the person until the date the person is no longer deployed for an offense committed: (A) before the person was deployed; or (B) while the person is deployed. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.