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By: Mallory Caraway (Senate Sponsor - Rodriguez) |
H.B. No. 2851 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011; |
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May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran |
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Affairs and Military Installations; May 12, 2011, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 12, 2011, sent |
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to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to deferral of certain surcharge payments for military |
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personnel deployed outside of the continental United States. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 708, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 708.106 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 708.106. DEFERRAL OF SURCHARGES FOR DEPLOYED MILITARY |
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PERSONNEL. The department by rule shall establish a deferral |
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program for surcharges assessed under Section 708.103 or 708.104 |
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against a person who is a member of the United States armed forces |
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on active duty deployed outside of the continental United States. |
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The program must: |
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(1) toll the 36-month period while the person is |
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deployed; and |
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(2) defer assessment of surcharges against the person |
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until the date the person is no longer deployed for an offense |
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committed: |
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(A) before the person was deployed; or |
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(B) while the person is deployed. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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