| 1 | 1 | | By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1307 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Pena) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an exemption from the payment of a toll for unmarked |
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| 8 | 8 | | military vehicles conducting or training for emergency operations. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Section 362.901, Transportation |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) In this section: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) "Military vehicle" includes an unmarked military |
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| 14 | 14 | | vehicle operated by military personnel conducting an emergency |
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| 15 | 15 | | preparedness, response, or recovery operation or participating in a |
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| 16 | 16 | | training exercise for an emergency preparedness, response, or |
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| 17 | 17 | | recovery operation. The term does not include a vehicle operated |
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| 18 | 18 | | for personal use. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) "Toll[, "toll] project" includes a toll road, toll |
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| 20 | 20 | | highway, turnpike, toll bridge, ferry, or similar project, users of |
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| 21 | 21 | | which are required to pay a toll or fare. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 23 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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