By: Watson S.B. No. 626
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to fees collected by the Automobile Burglary and Theft
Prevention Authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8, Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes,
is amended by reenacting and amending Subsection (a), as amended by
Chapters 308 (H.B. 1887) and 927 (H.B. 3225), Acts of the 80th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, and adding Subsections (a-1)
and (a-2) to read as follows:
(a) The automobile theft prevention fund is a dedicated
account in the general revenue fund. The comptroller shall deposit
to the credit of the fund:
(1) any gift or grant of money accepted by the
authority; and
(2) money collected under Sections 9 and 10 of this
article.
(a-1) Sections 403.095 and 404.071, Government Code, do not
apply to the fund.
(a-2) Money appropriated to the department for authority
purposes and money credited to the fund shall only be used by the
authority to pay the department for administrative costs and to
achieve the purposes of this article, including:
(1) establishing and funding the motor vehicle
registration program required by Section 9 of this article;
(2) providing financial support to law enforcement
agencies for economic motor vehicle theft enforcement teams;
(3) providing financial support to law enforcement
agencies, local prosecutors, judicial agencies, and neighborhood,
community, business, and nonprofit organizations for programs
designed to reduce the incidence of economic motor vehicle theft;
(4) conducting educational programs designed to
inform motor vehicle owners of methods of preventing motor vehicle
burglary or theft;
(5) providing equipment, for experimental purposes,
to assist motor vehicle owners in preventing motor vehicle burglary
or theft; and
(6) establishing a uniform program to prevent stolen
motor vehicles from entering Mexico.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.