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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to payment for the provision of services by a metropolitan |
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rapid transit authority to persons with disabilities in a unit of |
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election that has withdrawn from the authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 451.616(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The comptroller shall withhold from the amount of sales |
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and use tax revenue refunded to a unit of election that has |
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withdrawn from an authority the full amount [one-half] of the |
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difference between the cost of providing services to persons with |
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disabilities in the unit of election and the fares charged during |
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the period in which the sales and use tax was collected and remit |
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this amount to the authority providing the services. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |