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AN ACT
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relating to advertising in Department of Public Safety of the State |
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of Texas driver's license mailings. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.006, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 521.006. ADVERTISING IN DRIVER'S HANDBOOK AND DRIVER'S |
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LICENSE MAILINGS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the |
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department may sell advertising for inclusion in: |
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(1) any driver's handbook that the department |
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publishes; and |
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(2) any mailing the department makes in connection |
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with a driver's license. |
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(b) The department shall deposit the proceeds from the |
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advertising to the credit of the driver's license administration |
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[handbook] advertising account. The driver's license |
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administration [handbook] advertising account is an account in the |
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general revenue fund that may be appropriated only for the purpose |
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of administration of this chapter. |
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(c) The department may not include in the driver's handbook |
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or a driver's license mailing advertising for an alcoholic beverage |
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or a product promoting alcoholic beverages. |
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SECTION 2. This Act does not abolish the driver's handbook |
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advertising account, but renames the account as the driver's |
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license administration advertising account. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1084 passed the Senate on |
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April 12, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1084 passed the House on |
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May 9, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two present |
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not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |