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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment in certain counties of expenses associated |
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with the transportation of county residents and visitors for civic, |
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community, educational, and recreational activities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 615.022, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 615.022. TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES OF CERTAIN COUNTIES |
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FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. The commissioners court of a county with a |
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population of 2.2 [3.3] million or more may pay out of the county |
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general funds costs and expenses for the transportation of county |
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residents and visitors [senior citizens] for civic, community, |
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educational, and recreational activities within and outside the |
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county if a majority of the costs and expenses paid are for the |
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transportation of senior citizens. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |