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AN ACT
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relating to license plates created by the Texas Department of |
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Transportation for professional firefighters. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Subchapter E, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 504.414 to read as follows: |
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�������Sec.�504.414.��PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER PLATES. �(a) �The |
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professional firefighter plate may be issued to qualified |
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firefighters. �The sponsor of the plate may nominate a state agency |
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for receipt of funds under Section 504.801(e)(2)(A). |
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�������(b)��After deduction of the department's administrative |
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costs in accordance with Section 504.801, the remainder of the fees |
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from the sale of professional firefighter plates shall be deposited |
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to the credit of an account in the state treasury to be used by the |
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nominated state agency for the purpose of making grants to support |
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the activities of an organization of professional firefighters |
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located in this state that provides emergency relief and college |
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scholarship funds to the professional firefighters and their |
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dependents. |
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�������SECTION�2.��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, 2009. |
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______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 2854 was passed by the House on May 5, |
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2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 2854 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 2854 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 142, |
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Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 2854 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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2854 on June 1, 2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate��� |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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��������������Governor������� |