| 1 | 1 | | 85R11406 MTB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Watson S.B. No. 1348 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the deposit and appropriation of revenue received or |
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| 8 | 8 | | collected by the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention |
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| 9 | 9 | | Authority. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 10(e), Article 4413(37), Revised |
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| 12 | 12 | | Statutes, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (e) Fifty percent of each fee collected under Subsection (b) |
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| 14 | 14 | | of this section shall be deposited to the credit of the subaccount |
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| 15 | 15 | | described by Section 13 of this article and may be appropriated only |
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| 16 | 16 | | to the department [authority] for [the] purposes of the authority |
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| 17 | 17 | | under this article. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, is amended |
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| 19 | 19 | | by adding Section 13 to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sec. 13. DEPOSIT AND APPROPRIATION OF REVENUE. All gifts, |
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| 21 | 21 | | grants, and other revenue collected or received by the authority |
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| 22 | 22 | | shall be deposited to the credit of a subaccount in the Texas |
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| 23 | 23 | | Department of Motor Vehicles fund and may be appropriated only to |
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| 24 | 24 | | the department for purposes of the authority under this article. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. Section 1001.152, Transportation Code, is |
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| 26 | 26 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sec. 1001.152. USE OF MONEY IN FUND. Money that is required |
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| 28 | 28 | | to be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas |
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| 29 | 29 | | Department of Motor Vehicles fund may be used by the department |
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| 30 | 30 | | only: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) to support the department's operations and the |
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| 32 | 32 | | administration and enforcement of the department's functions; [or] |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) to pay the accounting costs and related |
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| 34 | 34 | | liabilities for the fund, including fringe benefits, workers' |
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| 35 | 35 | | compensation, and unemployment compensation; or |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) for purposes of the Automobile Burglary and Theft |
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| 37 | 37 | | Prevention Authority under Section 13, Article 4413(37), Revised |
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| 38 | 38 | | Statutes. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 4. Section 1001.151(c), Transportation Code, is |
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| 40 | 40 | | repealed. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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