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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to fees collected by the Automobile Burglary and Theft |
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Prevention Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 8, Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, |
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is amended by reenacting and amending Subsection (a), as amended by |
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Chapters 308 (H.B. 1887) and 927 (H.B. 3225), Acts of the 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, and adding Subsections (a-1) |
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and (a-2) to read as follows: |
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(a) The automobile theft prevention fund is a dedicated |
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account in the general revenue fund. The comptroller shall deposit |
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to the credit of the fund: |
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(1) any gift or grant of money accepted by the |
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authority; and |
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(2) money collected under Sections 9 and 10 of this |
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article. |
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(a-1) Sections 403.095 and 404.071, Government Code, do not |
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apply to the fund. |
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(a-2) Money appropriated to the department for authority |
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purposes and money credited to the fund shall only be used by the |
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authority to pay the department for administrative costs and to |
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achieve the purposes of this article, including: |
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(1) establishing and funding the motor vehicle |
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registration program required by Section 9 of this article; |
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(2) providing financial support to law enforcement |
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agencies for economic motor vehicle theft enforcement teams; |
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(3) providing financial support to law enforcement |
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agencies, local prosecutors, judicial agencies, and neighborhood, |
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community, business, and nonprofit organizations for programs |
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designed to reduce the incidence of economic motor vehicle theft; |
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(4) conducting educational programs designed to |
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inform motor vehicle owners of methods of preventing motor vehicle |
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burglary or theft; |
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(5) providing equipment, for experimental purposes, |
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to assist motor vehicle owners in preventing motor vehicle burglary |
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or theft; and |
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(6) establishing a uniform program to prevent stolen |
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motor vehicles from entering Mexico. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |