By: Brown S.B. No. 526
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to changing the name of the Texas Space Commission to the
1-2 Texas Aerospace Commission.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. The heading of Chapter 482, Government Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 CHAPTER 482. TEXAS AEROSPACE <SPACE> COMMISSION
1-7 SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 482.001, Government Code,
1-8 is amended to read as follows:
1-9 (a) The Texas Aerospace <Space> Commission is an agency of
1-10 the state.
1-11 SECTION 3. Section 482.002, Government Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 482.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Aerospace <Space>
1-14 Commission is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless
1-15 continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission
1-16 is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2003.
1-17 SECTION 4. Subsection (d), Section 482.003, Government Code,
1-18 is amended to read as follows:
1-19 (d) The commission may solicit and accept public and private
1-20 donations and grants. All funds received under this subsection
1-21 shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of a special
1-22 account to be named the Texas Aerospace <Space> Commission account.
1-23 The account may be used to administer the functions of the
2-1 commission. If at any time general revenue is used to fund the
2-2 commission, a separate account in the state treasury shall be used
2-3 to deposit the general revenue. This account shall be used to fund
2-4 the functions of the commission and any other function of state
2-5 government determined by the General Appropriations Act.
2-6 SECTION 5. Subsections (a), (b), and (f), Section 5l,
2-7 Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 2nd Called
2-8 Session, 1929 (Article 6675a-5l, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes),
2-9 are amended to read as follows:
2-10 (a) The department shall design and provide for the issuance
2-11 of special Texas Aerospace <Space> Commission plates for passenger
2-12 cars and light commercial motor vehicles having a manufacturer's
2-13 rated carrying capacity of one ton or less.
2-14 (b) The license plates shall bear the name "Texas Aerospace
2-15 <Space> Commission" and be of a color, quality, and design approved
2-16 by the Texas Aerospace <Space> Commission.
2-17 (f) The department shall deposit $25 of each fee collected
2-18 under this section in the state treasury to the credit of an
2-19 account in the general revenue fund to be known as the Texas
2-20 Aerospace <Space> Commission account. Money in the account may be
2-21 used only for support of programs administered or supported by the
2-22 Texas Aerospace <Space> Commission. Fees deposited under this
2-23 subsection are supplementary and are not income for purposes of
2-24 reducing general revenue appropriations to the Texas Aerospace
2-25 <Space> Commission in the General Appropriations Act.
3-1 SECTION 6. Any reference in law to the Texas Space
3-2 Commission means the Texas Aerospace Commission.
3-3 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
3-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-8 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-9 passage, and it is so enacted.