By: Rose (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 1929

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 22, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1929 By: Fraser

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the payment in certain counties of expenses associated with the transportation of senior citizens and their caregivers for civic, community, educational, and recreational activities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 615.022, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 615.022. TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES OF CERTAIN COUNTIES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. The commissioners court of a county with a population of 2.2 [3.3] million or more may pay out of the county general funds costs and expenses for the transportation of senior citizens and their caregivers for civic, community, educational, and recreational activities within and outside the county if a majority of the costs and expenses paid are for the transportation of senior citizens.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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