Bill Text: TX HB1274 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from the payment of a toll for unmarked military vehicles conducting or training for emergency operations.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1274 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1274-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1274 |
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relating to an exemption from the payment of a toll for unmarked | ||
military vehicles conducting or training for emergency operations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 362.901(d), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) In this section: | ||
(1) "Military vehicle" includes an unmarked military | ||
vehicle operated by military personnel conducting an emergency | ||
preparedness, response, or recovery operation or participating in a | ||
training exercise for an emergency preparedness, response, or | ||
recovery operation. The term does not include a vehicle operated | ||
for personal use. | ||
(2) "Toll [ |
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toll highway, turnpike, toll bridge, ferry, or similar project, | ||
users of which are required to pay a toll or fare. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1274 was passed by the House on April | ||
26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1274 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |