By Wise H.B. No. 2198 75R2780 JD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the issuance of Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug 1-3 Abuse license plates. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 502.293 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 502.293. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE 1-8 LICENSE PLATES. (a) The department shall issue specially designed 1-9 Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse license plates for 1-10 passenger cars and light trucks. 1-11 (b) The license plates must be of a color, quality, and 1-12 design approved by the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. 1-13 (c) The department shall issue license plates under this 1-14 section to a person who: 1-15 (1) applies to the county assessor-collector of the 1-16 county in which the person resides on a form provided by the 1-17 department; and 1-18 (2) pays an annual fee of $30, in addition to the fee 1-19 prescribed by Section 502.161, and, if personalized prestige 1-20 license plates are issued, in addition to the fee prescribed by 1-21 Section 502.251. 1-22 (d) Of each fee collected under this section, the department 1-23 shall deposit $25 to the credit of the general revenue fund and $5 1-24 to the credit of the state highway fund. 2-1 (e) Money deposited to the credit of the general revenue 2-2 fund under Subsection (d) may be appropriated only to the Texas 2-3 Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse for drug-abuse prevention 2-4 programs provided by nonprofit organizations that primarily serve 2-5 children. 2-6 (f) If the owner of a vehicle registered under this section 2-7 disposes of the vehicle during the registration year, the owner 2-8 shall return the special license plates to the department. 2-9 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-10 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.