| 1 | 1 | | By: Mallory Caraway (Senate Sponsor - Rodriguez) H.B. No. 2851 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran |
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| 4 | 4 | | Affairs and Military Installations; May 12, 2011, reported |
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| 5 | 5 | | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 12, 2011, sent |
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| 6 | 6 | | to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to deferral of certain surcharge payments for military |
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| 12 | 12 | | personnel deployed outside of the continental United States. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 708, Transportation Code, |
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| 15 | 15 | | is amended by adding Section 708.106 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 708.106. DEFERRAL OF SURCHARGES FOR DEPLOYED MILITARY |
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| 17 | 17 | | PERSONNEL. The department by rule shall establish a deferral |
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| 18 | 18 | | program for surcharges assessed under Section 708.103 or 708.104 |
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| 19 | 19 | | against a person who is a member of the United States armed forces |
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| 20 | 20 | | on active duty deployed outside of the continental United States. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The program must: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) toll the 36-month period while the person is |
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| 23 | 23 | | deployed; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) defer assessment of surcharges against the person |
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| 25 | 25 | | until the date the person is no longer deployed for an offense |
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| 26 | 26 | | committed: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (A) before the person was deployed; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (B) while the person is deployed. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 30 | 30 | | * * * * * |
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