1-1 By: Wise, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 2198 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 1997; 1-3 May 16, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; 1-4 May 18, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 12, 1-5 Nays 0; May 18, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the issuance of Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug 1-9 Abuse license plates. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 1-12 is amended by adding Section 502.293 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 502.293. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE 1-14 LICENSE PLATES. (a) The department shall issue specially designed 1-15 Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse license plates for 1-16 passenger cars and light trucks. 1-17 (b) The department shall design the license plates in 1-18 consultation with the Boy Scouts of America. 1-19 (c) The department shall issue license plates under this 1-20 section to a person who: 1-21 (1) applies to the county assessor-collector of the 1-22 county in which the person resides on a form provided by the 1-23 department; and 1-24 (2) pays an annual fee of $30, in addition to the fee 1-25 prescribed by Section 502.161, and, if personalized prestige 1-26 license plates are issued, in addition to the fee prescribed by 1-27 Section 502.251. 1-28 (d) Of each fee collected under this section, the department 1-29 shall deposit $20 to the credit of the general revenue fund and $10 1-30 to the credit of the state highway fund. 1-31 (e) Money deposited to the credit of the general revenue 1-32 fund under Subsection (d) may be appropriated only to the Texas 1-33 Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse for drug-abuse prevention 1-34 programs provided by nonprofit organizations that primarily serve 1-35 children. In selecting a program provider under this subsection, 1-36 it is the intent of the legislature that to the extent permissible, 1-37 a preference be given to a provider whose membership substantially 1-38 consists of persons who purchase the specially designed license 1-39 plates under this section. 1-40 (f) If the owner of a vehicle registered under this section 1-41 disposes of the vehicle during the registration year, the owner 1-42 shall return the special license plates to the department. 1-43 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-44 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-45 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-46 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-47 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-48 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-49 * * * * *