85R11406 MTB-D
 
  By: Watson S.B. No. 1348
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the deposit and appropriation of revenue received or
  collected by the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention
  Authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 10(e), Article 4413(37), Revised
  Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
         (e)  Fifty percent of each fee collected under Subsection (b)
  of this section shall be deposited to the credit of the subaccount
  described by Section 13 of this article and may be appropriated only
  to the department [authority] for [the] purposes of the authority
  under this article.
         SECTION 2.  Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, is amended
  by adding Section 13 to read as follows:
         Sec. 13.  DEPOSIT AND APPROPRIATION OF REVENUE. All gifts,
  grants, and other revenue collected or received by the authority
  shall be deposited to the credit of a subaccount in the Texas
  Department of Motor Vehicles fund and may be appropriated only to
  the department for purposes of the authority under this article.
         SECTION 3.  Section 1001.152, Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1001.152.  USE OF MONEY IN FUND.  Money that is required
  to be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas
  Department of Motor Vehicles fund may be used by the department
  only:
               (1)  to support the department's operations and the
  administration and enforcement of the department's functions; [or]
               (2)  to pay the accounting costs and related
  liabilities for the fund, including fringe benefits, workers'
  compensation, and unemployment compensation; or
               (3)  for purposes of the Automobile Burglary and Theft
  Prevention Authority under Section 13, Article 4413(37), Revised
  Statutes.
         SECTION 4.  Section 1001.151(c), Transportation Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.