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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding for the fund for veterans' assistance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 502.1746 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 502.1746. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO VETERANS' |
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ASSISTANCE FUND. (a) When a person registers a motor vehicle |
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under this chapter, the person is entitled to make a voluntary |
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contribution in any amount to the fund for veterans' assistance |
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established by Section 434.017, Government Code, as amended by |
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Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007. |
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(b) The county assessor-collector shall send any |
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contribution made under this section to the comptroller for deposit |
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in the state treasury to the credit of the fund for veterans' |
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assistance before the 31st day after the date the contribution is |
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made. |
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SECTION 2. Section 434.017, Government Code, as |
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redesignated and amended by Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107), Acts of the |
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80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is amended by amending |
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Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(a) The fund for veterans' assistance is a special fund in |
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the state treasury outside the general revenue fund. The fund is |
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composed of: |
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(1) money transferred to the fund at the direction of |
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the legislature; |
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(2) money deposited to the credit of the fund under |
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Section 502.1746, Transportation Code; |
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(3) gifts, [and] grants, and donations contributed to |
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the fund; and |
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(4) [(3)] the earnings of the fund. |
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(g) Notwithstanding other law, for purposes of Subchapter |
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I, Chapter 659: |
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(1) the fund is considered an eligible charitable |
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organization entitled to participate in a state employee charitable |
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campaign under Subchapter I, Chapter 659; and |
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(2) a state employee is entitled to authorize a |
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deduction for contributions to the fund as a charitable |
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contribution under Section 659.132, and the Texas Veterans |
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Commission may use the contributions for the purposes listed in |
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Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |