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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the deposit and appropriation of revenue received or |
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collected by the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention |
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Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 10(e), Article 4413(37), Revised |
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Statutes, is amended to read as follows: |
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(e) The [Fifty percent of each] fee collected under |
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Subsection (b) of this section shall be deposited to the credit of |
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the subaccount described by Section 13 of this article and may be |
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appropriated only to the department [authority] for [the] purposes |
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of the authority under this article. |
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SECTION 2. Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, is amended |
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by adding Section 13 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 13. DEPOSIT AND APPROPRIATION OF REVENUE. All gifts, |
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grants, and other revenue collected or received by the authority |
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shall be deposited to the credit of a subaccount in the Texas |
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Department of Motor Vehicles fund and may be appropriated only to |
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the department for purposes of the authority under this article. |
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SECTION 3. Section 1001.152, Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1001.152. USE OF MONEY IN FUND. Money that is required |
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to be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas |
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Department of Motor Vehicles fund may be used by the department |
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only: |
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(1) to support the department's operations and the |
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administration and enforcement of the department's functions; [or] |
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(2) to pay the accounting costs and related |
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liabilities for the fund, including fringe benefits, workers' |
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compensation, and unemployment compensation; or |
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(3) for purposes of the Automobile Burglary and Theft |
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Prevention Authority under Section 13, Article 4413(37), Revised |
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Statutes. |
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SECTION 4. Section 1001.151(c), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |