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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of exempt license plates to certain |
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open-enrollment charter school vehicles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 502.453, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 502.453. GOVERNMENT-OWNED VEHICLES; PUBLIC SCHOOL |
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BUSES; OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL VEHICLES; FIRE-FIGHTING |
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VEHICLES; COUNTY MARINE LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES. |
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SECTION 2. Section 502.453, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The owner of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer |
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may annually apply for registration under Section 502.451 and is |
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exempt from the payment of a registration fee under this chapter if |
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the vehicle is: |
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(1) owned by and used exclusively in the service of: |
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(A) the United States; |
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(B) this state; or |
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(C) a county, municipality, [or] school |
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district, or open-enrollment charter school in this state; |
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(2) owned by a commercial transportation company and |
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used exclusively to provide public school transportation services |
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to a school district under Section 34.008, Education Code, or to an |
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open-enrollment charter school; |
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(3) designed and used exclusively for fire fighting; |
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(4) owned by a volunteer fire department and used |
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exclusively in the conduct of department business; |
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(5) privately owned and used by a volunteer |
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exclusively in county marine law enforcement activities, including |
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rescue operations, under the direction of the sheriff's department; |
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or |
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(6) used by law enforcement under an alias for covert |
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criminal investigations. |
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(c) In this section, "open-enrollment charter school" means |
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a school that has been granted a charter under Subchapter D or E, |
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Chapter 12, Education Code. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |