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| 1 | 1 | 86R3709 TSR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Herrero H.B. No. 1984 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to filing fees in connection with assumed named | |
| 8 | 8 | certificates for certain businesses owned by military veterans. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 71.155(a-1), Business & Commerce Code, | |
| 11 | 11 | is amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a-1) The county clerk may waive all fees under Subsection | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) for a registrant if the registrant is: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) an individual who is a military veteran, as | |
| 15 | 15 | defined by Section 55.001, Occupations Code; or | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) a business entity that does not have more than five | |
| 17 | 17 | employees and is owned by at least one individual who is a military | |
| 18 | 18 | veteran. [In this subsection, "military veteran" has the meaning | |
| 19 | 19 | assigned by Section 55.001, Occupations Code.] | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 21 | 21 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 22 | 22 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |