Amend CSSB 370, in Article 1 of the bill, by adding the
following section, appropriately numbered, and renumbering
subsequent sections in Article 1 of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION 1.____.  Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 502.2703 to read as follows:
      Sec. 502.2703.  PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM LICENSE PLATES.  (a)
The department shall issue for passenger cars and light trucks
specially designed license plates that include the name and
insignia of a professional sports team located in this state.
      (b)  The department may not issue a license plate under this
section for a particular professional sports team unless that team:
            (1)  certifies to the department that it has determined
that at least 1,500 persons will apply for the plates; and
            (2)  plays its home games in a facility constructed or
operated, in whole or in part, with public funds.
      (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department
shall issue license plates under this section to a person who:
            (1)  applies to the county assessor-collector of the
county in which the person resides on a form provided by the
department; and
            (2)  pays an annual fee of $35, in addition to the fee
prescribed by Section 502.161 and, if personalized prestige license
plates are issued, in addition to the fee prescribed by Section
502.251.
      (d)  Of each fee collected under this section, the department
shall:
            (1)  send $25 to the public entity that provided public
funds for the construction or renovation of the facility in which
the professional sports team plays its home games or that provides
public funds for the operation of that facility; and
            (2)  deposit $10 to the credit of the state highway
fund.
      (e)  Funds distributed under Subsection (d)(1) may be spent
maintenance or improvement of the facility, or for payments toward
the retirement of bonds used for construction of the facility.
      (f)  If the owner of a vehicle registered under this section
disposes of the vehicle during the registration year, the owner
shall return the special license plates to the department.
      (g)  In this section:
            (1)  "Public entity" includes a municipality, county,
industrial development corporation, or special district that is
authorized to plan, acquire, establish, develop, construct, or
renovate a facility in which a professional sports team plays its
home games.
            (2)  "Professional sports team" means a sports team
that is a member or an affiliate of a member of the National
Football League, National Basketball Association, or National
Hockey League or a major league baseball team.