Bill Text: TX SB1307 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from the payment of a toll for unmarked military vehicles conducting or training for emergency operations.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-20 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [SB1307 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1307-Engrossed.html
By: Wentworth | S.B. No. 1307 |
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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. Subsection (d), Section 362.901, 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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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. |