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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to license plates created by the Texas Department of |
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Transportation for professional firefighters. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 504.802 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.802. CERTAIN LICENSE PLATES CREATED BY DEPARTMENT. |
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(a) If the department has created a specialty license plate under |
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Section 504.801 for professional firefighters, the department |
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shall allow the sponsor of the license plate to nominate a state |
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agency for receipt of funds under Section 504.801(b) at any time |
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after the creation of the license plate. |
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(b) Funds received by a state agency under this section |
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shall be used in making grants to support the activities of an |
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organization of professional firefighters located in this state |
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that provides emergency relief and college scholarship funds to |
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professional firefighters and dependents. |
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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, 2009. |