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1		-	By: Isaac (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1360
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
3		-	May 13, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Transportation; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following
5		-	vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 1360
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the exemption of certain vehicles from registration
12	6		fees.
13	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	8		SECTION 1. Section 502.453, Transportation Code, is amended
15	9		to read as follows:
16	10		Sec. 502.453. GOVERNMENT-OWNED VEHICLES; PUBLIC SCHOOL
17	11		BUSES; FIRE-FIGHTING VEHICLES; COUNTY MARINE LAW ENFORCEMENT
18	12		VEHICLES; U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY VEHICLES. (a) The owner of a
19	13		motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer may annually apply for
20	14		registration under Section 502.451 and is exempt from the payment
21	15		of a registration fee under this chapter if the vehicle is:
22	16		(1) owned by and used exclusively in the service of:
23	17		(A) the United States;
24	18		(B) this state; or
25	19		(C) a county, municipality, or school district in
26	20		this state;
27	21		(2) owned by a commercial transportation company and
28	22		used exclusively to provide public school transportation services
29	23		to a school district under Section 34.008, Education Code;
30	24		(3) designed and used exclusively for fire fighting;
31	25		(4) owned by a volunteer fire department and used
32	26		exclusively in the conduct of department business;
33	27		(5) privately owned and used by a volunteer
34	28		exclusively in county marine law enforcement activities, including
35	29		rescue operations, under the direction of the sheriff's department;
36	30		[or]
37	31		(6) used by law enforcement under an alias for covert
38	32		criminal investigations; or
39	33		(7) owned by units of the United States Coast Guard
40	34		Auxiliary headquartered in Texas and used exclusively for conduct
41	35		of United States Coast Guard or Coast Guard Auxiliary business and
42	36		operations, including search and rescue, emergency communications,
43	37		and disaster operations.
44	38		(b) An application for registration under this section must
45	39		be made by a person having the authority to certify that the vehicle
46	40		meets the exemption requirements prescribed by Subsection (a). An
47	41		application for registration under this section of a fire-fighting
48	42		vehicle described by Subsection (a)(3) must include a reasonable
49	43		description of the vehicle and of any fire-fighting equipment
50	44		mounted on the vehicle. An application for registration under this
51	45		section of a vehicle described by Subsection (a)(5) must include a
52	46		statement signed by a person having the authority to act for a
53	47		sheriff's department that the vehicle is used exclusively in marine
54	48		law enforcement activities under the direction of the sheriff's
55	49		department. An application for registration under this section of
56	50		a vehicle described by Subsection (a)(7) must include a statement
57	51		signed by a person having authority to act for the United States
58	52		Coast Guard Auxiliary that the vehicle or trailer is used
59	53		exclusively in fulfillment of an authorized mission of the United
60	54		States Coast Guard or Coast Guard Auxiliary, including search and
61	55		rescue, patrol, emergency communications, or disaster operations.
62	56		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
63	57		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
64	58		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
65	59		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
66	60		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	61	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	62	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	63	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1360 was passed by the House on May 8,
	64	+	2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	65	+	voting.
	66	+	______________________________
	67	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	68	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1360 was passed by the Senate on May
	69	+	26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	70	+	______________________________
	71	+	Secretary of the Senate
	72	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	73	+	Date
	74	+	_____________________
	75	+	Governor