Bill Text: TX HB1646 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the waiver of certain fees for an assumed name certificate or a statement of abandonment of use of an assumed name filed by a military veteran.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1646 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1646-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1646 | ||
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| relating to the waiver of certain fees for an assumed name | ||
| certificate or a statement of abandonment of use of an assumed name | ||
| filed by a military veteran. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 71.155, Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the [ |
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| clerk shall collect a fee of: | ||
| (1) $2 for filing each certificate or statement | ||
| required or permitted to be filed under this chapter; and | ||
| (2) 50 cents for each name to be indexed. | ||
| (a-1) The county clerk may waive all fees under Subsection | ||
| (a) for a registrant who is a military veteran. In this subsection, | ||
| "military veteran" has the meaning assigned by Section 55.001, | ||
| Occupations Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1646 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 3 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1646 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
