| 8 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 5 | | relating to the licensing of vehicles for hire and passenger |
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| 10 | 6 | | transportation services by certain airport governing boards; |
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| 11 | 7 | | authorizing the imposition of fees; expanding the authorization to |
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| 12 | 8 | | require an occupational license; amending a provision subject to a |
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| 13 | 9 | | criminal penalty. |
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| 14 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 22.081, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 16 | 12 | | to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 13 | | Sec. 22.081. [TAXICAB] LICENSING OF VEHICLES FOR HIRE AND |
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| 18 | 14 | | PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. (a) A joint board may license |
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| 19 | 15 | | taxicabs transporting passengers to or from the airport and impose |
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| 20 | 16 | | fees for issuing the licenses. |
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| 21 | 17 | | (b) A joint board for which the constituent agencies are |
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| 22 | 18 | | populous home-rule municipalities may: |
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| 23 | 19 | | (1) license vehicles for hire, including taxicabs, and |
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| 24 | 20 | | passenger transportation services providing services to or from the |
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| 25 | 21 | | airport for compensation; and |
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| 26 | 22 | | (2) impose fees for issuing the licenses. |
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| 27 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 24 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 25 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 26 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 27 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 28 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 29 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 30 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 530 passed the Senate on |
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| 31 | + | April 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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| 32 | + | the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2015, by the |
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| 33 | + | following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 34 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 36 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 530 passed the House, with |
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| 37 | + | amendment, on May 24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 132, |
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| 38 | + | Nays 9, three present not voting. |
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| 39 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 41 | + | Approved: |
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| 42 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | + | Date |
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| 44 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | + | Governor |
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