Bill Text: TX SB626 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to fees collected by the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-15 - Left pending in subcommittee [SB626 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB626-Introduced.html
| By: Watson | S.B. No. 626 | |
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| relating to fees collected by the Automobile Burglary and Theft | ||
| Prevention Authority. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 8, Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, | ||
| is amended by reenacting and amending Subsection (a), as amended by | ||
| Chapters 308 (H.B. 1887) and 927 (H.B. 3225), Acts of the 80th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, and adding Subsections (a-1) | ||
| and (a-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The automobile theft prevention fund is a dedicated | ||
| account in the general revenue fund. The comptroller shall deposit | ||
| to the credit of the fund: | ||
| (1) any gift or grant of money accepted by the | ||
| authority; and | ||
| (2) money collected under Sections 9 and 10 of this | ||
| article. | ||
| (a-1) Sections 403.095 and 404.071, Government Code, do not | ||
| apply to the fund. | ||
| (a-2) Money appropriated to the department for authority | ||
| purposes and money credited to the fund shall only be used by the | ||
| authority to pay the department for administrative costs and to | ||
| achieve the purposes of this article, including: | ||
| (1) establishing and funding the motor vehicle | ||
| registration program required by Section 9 of this article; | ||
| (2) providing financial support to law enforcement | ||
| agencies for economic motor vehicle theft enforcement teams; | ||
| (3) providing financial support to law enforcement | ||
| agencies, local prosecutors, judicial agencies, and neighborhood, | ||
| community, business, and nonprofit organizations for programs | ||
| designed to reduce the incidence of economic motor vehicle theft; | ||
| (4) conducting educational programs designed to | ||
| inform motor vehicle owners of methods of preventing motor vehicle | ||
| burglary or theft; | ||
| (5) providing equipment, for experimental purposes, | ||
| to assist motor vehicle owners in preventing motor vehicle burglary | ||
| or theft; and | ||
| (6) establishing a uniform program to prevent stolen | ||
| motor vehicles from entering Mexico. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
