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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption from the payment of a toll for unmarked |
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military vehicles conducting or training for emergency operations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Section 362.901, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(d) In this section: |
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(1) "Military vehicle" includes an unmarked military |
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vehicle operated by military personnel conducting an emergency |
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preparedness, response, or recovery operation or participating in a |
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training exercise for an emergency preparedness, response, or |
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recovery operation. The term does not include a vehicle operated |
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for personal use. |
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(2) "Toll[, "toll] project" includes a toll road, toll |
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highway, turnpike, toll bridge, ferry, or similar project, users of |
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which are required to pay a toll or fare. |
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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, 2011. |