H.B. No. 496 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the issuance of special license plates for certain 1-3 vehicles owned by certain foreign organizations. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 5e.4, Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts of 1-6 the 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 6675a-5e.4, 1-7 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection 1-8 (a-1) to read as follows: 1-9 (a-1) The department shall provide for the issuance of 1-10 special license plates for passenger cars and light commercial 1-11 motor vehicles having manufacturers' rated carrying capacities of 1-12 one ton or less that are owned by an instrumentality established by 1-13 a foreign government recognized by the United States before January 1-14 1, 1979, that is without official representation or diplomatic 1-15 relations with the United States. The license plates shall bear 1-16 the words "Foreign Organization." A vehicle for which plates are 1-17 issued under this subsection is exempt from the motor vehicle 1-18 registration fee imposed by Section 5 of this Act and any 1-19 additional county fee imposed under Sections 9a or 9b of this Act. 1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.