Bill Text: TX SB1251 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to making a voluntary contribution to the Ending Homelessness fund when registering a motor vehicle or renewing a motor vehicle registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1251 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1251-Comm_Sub.html
| By: West, et al. | S.B. No. 1251 | |
| (Martinez) | ||
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| relating to making a voluntary contribution to the Ending | ||
| Homelessness fund when registering a motor vehicle or renewing a | ||
| motor vehicle registration. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 502.414 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 502.414. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO ENDING | ||
| HOMELESSNESS FUND. (a) When a person registers or renews the | ||
| registration of a motor vehicle under this chapter, the person may | ||
| contribute any amount to the Ending Homelessness fund under | ||
| Subsection (f). | ||
| (b) The department shall provide, in a conspicuous manner, | ||
| an opportunity to contribute to the Ending Homelessness fund in any | ||
| registration renewal system used by the department. | ||
| (c) If a person makes a contribution under this section and | ||
| does not pay the full amount of a registration fee, the county | ||
| assessor-collector may credit all or a portion of the contribution | ||
| to the person's registration fee. | ||
| (d) The county assessor-collector shall send any | ||
| contribution made under this section to the comptroller for deposit | ||
| to the Ending Homelessness fund before the 31st day after the date | ||
| the contribution is made. | ||
| (e) The department shall consult with the Texas Department | ||
| of Housing and Community Affairs in performing the department's | ||
| duties under this section. | ||
| (f) The Ending Homelessness fund is created as a trust fund | ||
| outside the state treasury to be held by the comptroller and | ||
| administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community | ||
| Affairs as trustee. The fund is composed of money deposited to the | ||
| credit of the fund under this section. Money in the fund shall be | ||
| used to provide grants to counties and municipalities to combat | ||
| homelessness. | ||
| (g) The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs | ||
| shall adopt rules governing application for grants from the Ending | ||
| Homelessness fund and the issuance of those grants. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
