Bill Text: TX SB784 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the waiver of certain fees for an assumed name certificate or a statement of abandonment of use of an assumed name filed by a military veteran.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-22 - Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security [SB784 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB784-Introduced.html
| 85R7132 TSR-D | ||
| By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 784 | |
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| relating to the waiver of certain fees for an assumed name | ||
| certificate or a statement of abandonment of use of an assumed name | ||
| filed by a military veteran. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 71.155, Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the [ |
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| clerk shall collect a fee of: | ||
| (1) $2 for filing each certificate or statement | ||
| required or permitted to be filed under this chapter; and | ||
| (2) 50 cents for each name to be indexed. | ||
| (a-1) The county clerk may waive all fees under Subsection | ||
| (a) for a registrant who is a military veteran. In this subsection, | ||
| "military veteran" has the meaning assigned by Section 55.001, | ||
| Occupations Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
