81R10951 MTB-F
 
  By: Davis, Wendy S.B. No. 2403
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to making a voluntary contribution to the fund for
  veterans' assistance when registering a motor vehicle.
  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 502.1746 to read as follows:
         Sec. 502.1746.  VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO VETERANS' 
  ASSISTANCE FUND.  (a)  When a person registers a motor vehicle
  under this chapter, the person is entitled to make a voluntary
  contribution in any amount to the fund for veterans' assistance
  established by Section 434.017, Government Code, as amended by
  Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2007.
         (b)  The county assessor-collector shall send any
  contribution made under this section to the comptroller for deposit
  in the state treasury to the credit of the fund for veterans' 
  assistance before the 31st day after the date the contribution is
  made.
         SECTION 2.  Section 434.017(a), Government Code, as
  redesignated and amended by Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107), Acts of the
  80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is amended to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The fund for veterans' assistance is a special fund in
  the state treasury outside the general revenue fund.  The fund is
  composed of:
               (1)  money transferred to the fund at the direction of
  the legislature;
               (2)  money deposited to the credit of the fund under
  Section 502.1746, Transportation Code;
               (3)  gifts and grants contributed to the fund; and
               (4) [(3)]  the earnings of the fund.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.