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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eligibility for and benefits associated with license |
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plates for certain veterans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 372.053, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 372.053. VETERAN WAIVER [DISCOUNT] PROGRAM. (a) A |
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toll project entity shall [may] establish a waiver [discount] |
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program for electronic toll collection customers that includes [.
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The program must include] free [or discounted] use of the entity's |
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toll project by an electronic toll collection customer whose |
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account relates to a vehicle registered under Section 504.202 or |
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Subchapter D, Chapter 504 [504.315(f) or (g)]. |
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(b) The legislature shall [may] appropriate funds from the |
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general revenue fund to a toll project entity to defray the cost of |
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providing free [or discounted] use of the entity's toll project |
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under this section. |
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(c) Notwithstanding Sections 228.057(e), 366.179(d), |
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370.178(d), and 372.051(a), a toll project entity with an |
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electronic toll collection customer who participates in the |
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entity's waiver program shall provide to all other toll project |
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entities the information necessary for the customer to participate |
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in the entities' waiver programs. |
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SECTION 2. Section 504.202(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A veteran of the United States armed forces is entitled |
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to register, for the person's own use, motor vehicles under this |
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section if: |
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(1) the person has suffered, as a result of military |
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service,[:
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[(A)] at least a 30 [50] percent |
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service-connected disability[; or
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[(B)
a 40 percent service-connected disability
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because of the amputation of a lower extremity]; |
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(2) the person receives compensation from the United |
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States because of the disability; and |
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(3) the motor vehicle: |
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(A) is owned by the person; and |
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(B) has a gross vehicle weight of 18,000 pounds |
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or less. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |