Bill Text: TX SB272 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to making a voluntary contribution to the Special Olympics Texas fund when registering a motor vehicle or renewing a motor vehicle registration.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-23 - Effective on 1/1/16 [SB272 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB272-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 272 | ||
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| relating to making a voluntary contribution to the Special Olympics | ||
| Texas fund when registering a motor vehicle or renewing a motor | ||
| vehicle registration. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 502.413 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 502.413. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO SPECIAL OLYMPICS | ||
| TEXAS FUND. (a) When a person registers or renews the | ||
| registration of a motor vehicle under this chapter, the person may | ||
| contribute any amount to the Special Olympics Texas fund under | ||
| Subsection (f). | ||
| (b) The department shall provide, in a conspicuous manner, | ||
| an opportunity to contribute to the Special Olympics Texas fund in | ||
| any registration renewal system used by the department. | ||
| (c) 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. | ||
| (d) The county assessor-collector shall send any | ||
| contribution made under this section to the comptroller for deposit | ||
| to the Special Olympics Texas fund before the 31st day after the | ||
| date the contribution is made. | ||
| (e) The department shall consult with the Department of | ||
| Aging and Disability Services in performing the department's duties | ||
| under this section. | ||
| (f) The Special Olympics Texas fund is created as a trust | ||
| fund outside the state treasury to be held by the comptroller and | ||
| administered by the Department of Aging and Disability Services as | ||
| trustee on behalf of Special Olympics Texas. The fund is composed | ||
| of money deposited to the credit of the fund under this section. | ||
| Money in the fund shall be disbursed at least monthly, without | ||
| appropriation, to Special Olympics Texas to provide training and | ||
| athletic competitions for persons with mental illness and | ||
| intellectual disabilities. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 272 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 272 passed the House on | ||
| May 12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
