Bill Text: TX SB1348 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the deposit and appropriation of revenue received or collected by the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Left pending in committee [SB1348 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1348-Introduced.html

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85R11406 MTB-D
By: Watson S.B. No. 1348

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deposit and appropriation of revenue received or
collected by the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention
Authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 10(e), Article 4413(37), Revised
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
(e) Fifty percent of each fee collected under Subsection (b)
of this section shall be deposited to the credit of the subaccount
described by Section 13 of this article and may be appropriated only
to the department [authority] for [the] purposes of the authority
under this article.
SECTION 2. Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, is amended
by adding Section 13 to read as follows:
Sec. 13. DEPOSIT AND APPROPRIATION OF REVENUE. All gifts,
grants, and other revenue collected or received by the authority
shall be deposited to the credit of a subaccount in the Texas
Department of Motor Vehicles fund and may be appropriated only to
the department for purposes of the authority under this article.
SECTION 3. Section 1001.152, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1001.152. USE OF MONEY IN FUND. Money that is required
to be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas
Department of Motor Vehicles fund may be used by the department
only:
(1) to support the department's operations and the
administration and enforcement of the department's functions; [or]
(2) to pay the accounting costs and related
liabilities for the fund, including fringe benefits, workers'
compensation, and unemployment compensation; or
(3) for purposes of the Automobile Burglary and Theft
Prevention Authority under Section 13, Article 4413(37), Revised
Statutes.
SECTION 4. Section 1001.151(c), Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.