By Sibley S.B. No. 225
75R2576 DRH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to vehicle license plates for certified aircraft pilots.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
1-5 is amended by adding Section 502.292 to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 502.292. CERTIFIED AIRCRAFT PILOT PLATES. (a) The
1-7 department shall issue specially designed certified aircraft pilot
1-8 license plates for passenger cars and light trucks.
1-9 (b) The license plates must include the name "Texas Aircraft
1-10 Pilot" and be designed by the department after consultation with
1-11 groups representing certified pilots in this state.
1-12 (c) The department shall issue license plates under this
1-13 section to a person who:
1-14 (1) applies to the county assessor-collector of the
1-15 county in which the person resides on a form provided by the
1-16 department;
1-17 (2) provides proof at the time of application, in a
1-18 form determined by the department, of the person's status as a
1-19 certified aircraft pilot; and
1-20 (3) pays an annual fee of $30, in addition to the fee
1-21 prescribed by Section 502.161, and, if personalized prestige
1-22 license plates are issued, in addition to the fee prescribed by
1-23 Section 502.251.
1-24 (d) Of each fee collected under this section, the department
2-1 shall deposit $25 under this section to the credit of the general
2-2 revenue fund and $5 to the credit of the state highway fund.
2-3 (e) If the owner of a vehicle registered under this section
2-4 disposes of the vehicle during the registration year, the owner
2-5 shall return the special license plates to the department.
2-6 SECTION 2. Section 502.252, Transportation Code, is amended
2-7 to read as follows:
2-8 Sec. 502.252. CERTAIN SPECIALIZED PLATES AVAILABLE
2-9 PERSONALIZED. A person applying for license plates under Section
2-10 502.258, 502.259, 502.260, 502.261, 502.262, 502.263, 502.264,
2-11 502.265, 502.269, 502.270, 502.271, 502.272, 502.273, [or] 502.274,
2-12 or 502.292 may:
2-13 (1) have a license plate number assigned by the
2-14 department; or
2-15 (2) apply for personalized prestige license plates
2-16 under Section 502.251.
2-17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-18 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.