S.B. No. 1116 7-1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 7-2 Amend S.B. No. 1116 in Section 1 of the bill, immediately 7-3 following the added Section 5p(e), Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts 7-4 of the 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 6675a-1 7-5 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), by adding Subsections 7-6 (f)-(i) to read as follows: 7-7 (f) The department shall set an annual fee for license 7-8 plates under this section in an amount that the department 7-9 estimates is three times the amount sufficient to recover the costs 7-10 of the department in issuing the plates. The fee is in addition to 7-11 the regular registration fee for the vehicle imposed by Section 5 7-12 of this Act and, if personalized prestige license plates are 7-13 issued, in addition to the fee imposed by Section 5c of this Act. 7-14 (g) The department shall deposit 65 percent of each fee 7-15 collected under this section in the state treasury to the credit of 7-16 an account in the general revenue fund to be known as the Texas 7-17 Environmental Education Advisory Committee account. Money in the 7-18 account may be used only for support of programs administered or 7-19 supported by the Central Education Agency under Section 11.53, 7-20 Education Code. Fees deposited under this subsection are 7-21 supplementary and are not income for purposes of reducing general 7-22 revenue appropriations to the Central Education Agency in the 7-23 General Appropriations Act. 7-24 (h) After the deposit provided for by Subsection (g) of this 7-25 section, the department shall deposit the remainder of each fee 7-26 collected under this section in the state treasury to the credit of 7-27 the state highway fund to be used only to defray the cost of 8-1 administering this section. 8-2 (i) If license plates issued under this section are lost, 8-3 stolen, or mutilated, the owner of the vehicle for which the plates 8-4 were issued may obtain replacement plates from the department by 8-5 paying a replacement fee of $5. If the owner of a vehicle for 8-6 which plates are issued under this section disposes of the vehicle 8-7 during a registration year, the owner shall return the special 8-8 license plates to the department. 8-9 73R10710 JD-F Alonzo