| 1 | 1 | | 85S10489 JXC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Pickett H.B. No. 161 |
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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 authority of a county to end a low-income vehicle |
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| 8 | 8 | | repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement |
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| 9 | 9 | | program in the county. |
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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 382.209, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Subsections (k), (l), (m), and (n) to read as |
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| 13 | 13 | | follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (k) The commissioners court of a participating county may |
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| 15 | 15 | | adopt a resolution to end the low-income vehicle repair assistance, |
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| 16 | 16 | | retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program in the county. |
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| 17 | 17 | | The commissioners court shall submit the resolution to the |
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| 18 | 18 | | commission and to the county tax assessor-collector. The |
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| 19 | 19 | | resolution must include a date after which a fee may not be imposed |
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| 20 | 20 | | under Section 382.202 or 382.302 for the purposes of the county's |
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| 21 | 21 | | low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated |
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| 22 | 22 | | vehicle retirement program on vehicles being inspected or |
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| 23 | 23 | | registered in the county. The date must be: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) the first day of a month; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) at least 30 days after the date the resolution is |
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| 26 | 26 | | submitted to the commission. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (l) On receipt of a resolution under Subsection (k), the |
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| 28 | 28 | | commission shall notify, in writing, the Texas Department of Motor |
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| 29 | 29 | | Vehicles, the Department of Public Safety, and the Legislative |
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| 30 | 30 | | Budget Board that a fee may not be imposed under Section 382.202 or |
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| 31 | 31 | | 382.302 for the purposes of the county's low-income vehicle repair |
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| 32 | 32 | | assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program |
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| 33 | 33 | | on vehicles being inspected or registered in the county after the |
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| 34 | 34 | | date established under Subsection (k). |
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| 35 | 35 | | (m) In the first fiscal biennium that begins after a county |
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| 36 | 36 | | adopts a resolution under Subsection (k), the legislature shall |
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| 37 | 37 | | appropriate to the commission, for the sole purpose of returning |
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| 38 | 38 | | the money to the county, any remaining money collected in the county |
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| 39 | 39 | | from a fee authorized under Section 382.202 or 382.302 for the |
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| 40 | 40 | | purposes of the county's low-income vehicle repair assistance, |
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| 41 | 41 | | retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program. This |
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| 42 | 42 | | subsection does not apply to money collected from a fee authorized |
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| 43 | 43 | | under Section 382.202 or 382.302 that the commission would |
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| 44 | 44 | | otherwise have used for administrative purposes. The commission |
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| 45 | 45 | | shall distribute to the county money appropriated to the commission |
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| 46 | 46 | | for the county under this subsection. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (n) A county that receives a distribution of money under |
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| 48 | 48 | | Subsection (m) may use the money for remaining expenses of the |
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| 49 | 49 | | county's low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and |
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| 50 | 50 | | accelerated vehicle retirement program or for any other purpose. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |
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