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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a program to facilitate, through the issuance and use of |
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electronic toll collection transponders, free or discounted toll |
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project use available to certain military personnel. |
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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 372.053, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 372.053. MILITARY [VETERAN] DISCOUNT PROGRAMS |
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[PROGRAM]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 372.053, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The department, in cooperation with the United States |
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armed forces, shall create a program to facilitate, through the |
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issuance and use of electronic toll collection transponders, any |
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free or discounted toll project use available to active duty |
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members of: |
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(1) the National Guard of this state or another state; |
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or |
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(2) a reserve component of the United States armed |
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forces. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2017. |