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  Section 1001.151(c), Transportation Code, is   repealed.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.