Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3547 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/09/2017

                            85R14272 AJZ-F
 By: Phillips H.B. No. 3547


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the requirement that the name of a state agency be
 printed on certain state motor vehicles.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 721.003(a), Transportation Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  The governing bodies of the following state agencies or
 divisions by rule may exempt from the requirements of Section
 721.002 a motor vehicle that is under the control and custody of the
 agency or division:
 (1)  Texas Commission on Fire Protection;
 (2)  Texas State Board of Pharmacy;
 (3)  Department of State Health Services and Department
 of Aging and Disability Services;
 (4)  Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas;
 (5)  Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
 (6)  Board of Pardons and Paroles;
 (7)  Parks and Wildlife Department;
 (8)  Railroad Commission of Texas;
 (9)  Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
 (10)  Texas Department of Banking;
 (11)  Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending;
 (12)  Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
 (13)  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
 (14)  Texas Lottery Commission;
 (15)  the office of the attorney general;
 (16)  Texas Department of Insurance;
 (17)  Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; and
 (18) [(17)]  an agency that receives an appropriation
 under an article of the General Appropriations Act that
 appropriates money to the legislature.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.