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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a fee exemption for local law enforcement agencies in |
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the licensing and registering of X-ray devices used for screening |
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suspicious packages and other objects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 401.301, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, |
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the department may not assess a fee on a local law enforcement |
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agency for the licensing and registration of an X-ray machine that |
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is used to screen packages or other objects the agency suspects may |
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contain an explosive or other item that would pose a danger to the |
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public health and safety. Except as otherwise provided by this |
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subsection, a local law enforcement agency is subject to the |
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licensing and registration requirements of this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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401.301, Health and Safety Code, apply to the licensing and |
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registration of an X-ray machine on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. The licensing and registration of an X-ray machine before |
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the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect |
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immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |