S.B. No. 1355
AN ACT
1-1 relating to special license plates for members of certain nonprofit
1-2 organizations.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts of the 41st
1-5 Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 6675a-1 et seq.,
1-6 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Section 5p to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 5p. (a) This section applies only to a private
1-9 nonprofit organization having a statewide membership of Seven
1-10 Thousand, Five Hundred (7,500) or more individuals, which has
1-11 provided the department with a deposit of Fifteen Thousand Dollars
1-12 ($15,000.00) in order to request issuance of the special license
1-13 plate to be designed. The deposit will be credited toward the
1-14 first 750 plates purchased and the names of those who receive the
1-15 credit, along with their address and county, shall be provided to
1-16 the department with the deposit.
1-17 (b) On request of an authorized representative of the
1-18 governing body in the state of an organization to which this
1-19 section applies, the department shall design and provide for the
1-20 issuance of special license plates to members of the organization.
1-21 The department shall develop the design of the license plate after
1-22 consultation with that governing body.
1-23 (c) A person who is a member of an organization for which
2-1 the department has provided a special license plate under this
2-2 section is entitled to register under this section, for the
2-3 person's personal use, one passenger car or light commercial
2-4 vehicle having a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity of one ton
2-5 or less.
2-6 (d) A person applying for license plates under this section
2-7 may:
2-8 (1) have a license plate number assigned by the
2-9 department; or
2-10 (2) apply for personalized prestige license plates
2-11 under Section 5c of this Act.
2-12 (e) The fee for issuance of special license plates under
2-13 this section is Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) a year. This fee is
2-14 in addition to the motor vehicle registration fee imposed by
2-15 Section 5 of this Act and, if personalized prestige license plates
2-16 are issued, in addition to the fee imposed by Section 5c of this
2-17 Act. The county tax collector shall forward the additional fee to
2-18 the department.
2-19 (f) A person may apply at any time for registration under
2-20 this section through the county tax collector in the county of the
2-21 person's residence. The department shall prescribe the form of the
2-22 application. An applicant shall submit to the county tax collector
2-23 proof of eligibility to register under this section that meets
2-24 standards prescribed by the department. Registration under this
2-25 section is valid for one year.
3-1 (g) If license plates issued under this section are lost,
3-2 stolen, or mutilated, the owner of the vehicle for which the plates
3-3 were issued may obtain replacement plates from the department. The
3-4 owner shall pay a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) in addition
3-5 to the fee required for replacement plates. If the owner of a
3-6 vehicle registered under this section disposes of the vehicle
3-7 during the registration year, the person shall return the special
3-8 license plates to the department.
3-9 (h) The department shall deposit the additional fees paid
3-10 under Subsections (e) and (g) of this section in the state treasury
3-11 to the credit of the state highway fund.
3-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
3-13 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
3-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.