H.B. No. 1929
AN ACT
relating to the payment in certain counties of expenses associated
with the transportation of senior citizens and their caregivers for
civic, community, educational, and recreational activities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 615.022, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 615.022. TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES OF CERTAIN COUNTIES
FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. The commissioners court of a county with a
population of 2.2 [3.3] million or more may pay out of the county
general funds costs and expenses for the transportation of senior
citizens and their caregivers for civic, community, educational,
and recreational activities within and outside the county if a
majority of the costs and expenses paid are for the transportation
of senior citizens.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1929 was passed by the House on April
30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 99, Nays 39, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1929 on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 15,
3 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1929 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays
6.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor