By: Mallory Caraway (Senate Sponsor - Rodriguez) H.B. No. 2851
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011;
May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran
Affairs and Military Installations; May 12, 2011, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 12, 2011, sent
to printer.)
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.
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