By Oakley H.B. No. 2026
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2026:
By Munoz C.S.H.B. No. 2026
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to special license plates for members of certain nonprofit
1-3 organizations.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts of the 41st
1-6 Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 6675a-1 et seq.,
1-7 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Section 5p to
1-8 read as follows:
1-9 Sec. 5p. (a) This section applies only to a private
1-10 nonprofit organization having a statewide membership of 7,500 or
1-11 more individuals.
1-12 (b) On request of an authorized representative of the
1-13 governing body in the state of an organization to which this
1-14 section applies, the department shall design and provide for the
1-15 issuance of special license plates to members of the organization.
1-16 The department shall develop the design of the license plate after
1-17 consultation with that governing body.
1-18 (c) A person who is a member of an organization for which
1-19 the department has provided a special license plate under this
1-20 section is entitled to register under this section, for the
1-21 person's personal use, one passenger car or light commercial
1-22 vehicle having a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity of one ton
1-23 or less.
2-1 (d) A person applying for license plates under this section
2-2 may:
2-3 (1) have a license plate number assigned by the
2-4 department; or
2-5 (2) apply for personalized prestige license plates
2-6 under Section 5c of this Act.
2-7 (e) The fee for issuance of special license plates under
2-8 this section is Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) a year. This fee is in
2-9 addition to the motor vehicle registration fee imposed by Section 5
2-10 of this Act and, if personalized prestige license plates are
2-11 issued, in addition to the fee imposed by Section 5c of this Act.
2-12 The county tax collector shall forward the additional fee to the
2-13 department.
2-14 (f) A person may apply at any time for registration under
2-15 this section through the county tax collector in the county of the
2-16 person's residence. The department shall prescribe the form of the
2-17 application. An applicant shall submit to the county tax collector
2-18 proof of eligibility to register under this section that meets
2-19 standards prescribed by the department. Registration under this
2-20 section is valid for one year.
2-21 (g) If license plates issued under this section are lost,
2-22 stolen, or mutilated, the owner of the vehicle for which the plates
2-23 were issued may obtain replacement plates from the department. The
2-24 owner shall pay a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) in addition to the
2-25 fee required for replacement plates. If the owner of a vehicle
3-1 registered under this section disposes of the vehicle during the
3-2 registration year, the person shall return the special license
3-3 plates to the department.
3-4 (h) The department shall deposit the additional fees paid
3-5 under Subsections (e) and (g) of this section in the state treasury
3-6 to the credit of the state highway fund.
3-7 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
3-8 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
3-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.