By: Bucy, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) H.B. No. 1863

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021; May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 20, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1863 By: Seliger

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of Make-A-Wish specialty license plates.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 504.675 to read as follows:

Sec. 504.675. MAKE-A-WISH LICENSE PLATES. (a) The department shall issue specialty license plates that include the words "Make-A-Wish" and an image of the blue Make-A-Wish logo. The department shall design the plates in consultation with the Central and South Texas chapter of Make-A-Wish.

(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates shall be deposited to the credit of an account created by the comptroller in the manner provided by Section 504.6012(b). Money deposited to that account may be used only by the Health and Human Services Commission to make grants to a nonprofit organization that has a history of providing services to children diagnosed with a critical illness for the purpose of providing those services.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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