Bill Text: TX SB1635 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to contributions to the fund for veterans' assistance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1635 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1635-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1635 |
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relating to contributions to the fund for veterans' assistance. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 434.017, Government | ||
Code, as amended by Chapters 840 (S.B. 1940) and 1385 (S.B. 1655), | ||
Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted | ||
and amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The fund for veterans' assistance is a special fund in | ||
the state treasury outside the general revenue fund. The fund is | ||
composed of: | ||
(1) money transferred to the fund at the direction of | ||
the legislature; | ||
(2) gifts and grants contributed to the fund; | ||
(3) the earnings of the fund; [ |
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(4) money transferred to the fund from proceeds of the | ||
lottery game operated under Section 466.027 or transferred to the | ||
fund under Section 466.408(b); and | ||
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under Section 502.1746, Transportation Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 502.1746, Transportation Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c), (d), | ||
and (e) to read as follows: | ||
(b) The county assessor-collector shall send any | ||
contribution made under this section to the comptroller for deposit | ||
in the state treasury to the credit of the fund for veterans' | ||
assistance before the 31st day after the date the contribution is | ||
made. A contribution made under this section may be used only for | ||
the purposes of the fund for veterans' assistance. | ||
(c) The department shall: | ||
(1) include space on each motor vehicle registration | ||
renewal notice, on the page that states the total fee for | ||
registration renewal, that allows a person renewing a registration | ||
to indicate the amount that the person is voluntarily contributing | ||
to the fund for veterans' assistance; | ||
(2) provide an opportunity to contribute to the fund | ||
for veterans' assistance similar to the opportunity described by | ||
Subsection (a) and in the manner described by Subdivision (1) in any | ||
registration renewal system that succeeds the system in place on | ||
September 1, 2011; and | ||
(3) provide an opportunity for a person to contribute | ||
to the fund for veterans' assistance during the registration | ||
renewal process on the department's Internet website. | ||
(d) If a person makes a contribution under this section and | ||
does not pay the full amount of a registration fee, the county | ||
assessor-collector may credit all or a portion of the contribution | ||
to the person's registration fee. | ||
(e) The department shall consult with the Texas Veterans | ||
Commission in performing the department's duties under this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
502.1746, Transportation Code, applies only to a motor vehicle | ||
registration renewal notice issued for a registration that expires | ||
on or after January 1, 2012. | ||
SECTION 4. 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 hereby certify that S.B. No. 1635 passed the Senate on | ||
April 14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1635 passed the House on | ||
May 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |