1-1           By:  Shapiro                                     S.B. No. 460

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 5, 1997; February 10, 1997,

 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;

 1-4     February 24, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the following

 1-5     vote:  Yeas 12, Nays 0; February 24, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                           By:  Armbrister

 1-7     Amend SB 460:

 1-8           On page 1, line 22, after the word general and before the .,

 1-9     insert in consultation with the department

1-10                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

1-11                                   AN ACT

1-12     relating to the issuance of specially designed volunteer advocate

1-13     program license plates by the Texas Department of Transportation.

1-14           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-15           SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,

1-16     is amended by adding Section 502.292 to read as follows:

1-17           Sec. 502.292.  VOLUNTEER ADVOCATE PROGRAM LICENSE PLATES.

1-18     (a)  In recognition of children, the department shall issue

1-19     specially designed volunteer advocate program license plates for

1-20     passenger cars and light trucks.

1-21           (b)  The license plates must be of a color, quality, and

1-22     design approved by the attorney general.

1-23           (c)  The department shall issue license plates under this

1-24     section to a person who:

1-25                 (1)  applies to the county assessor-collector of the

1-26     county in which the person resides on a form provided by the

1-27     department; and

1-28                 (2)  pays an annual fee of $30, in addition to the fee

1-29     prescribed by Section 502.161, and, if personalized prestige

1-30     license plates are issued, in addition to the fee prescribed by

1-31     Section 502.251.

1-32           (d)  Of each fee collected under this section, the department

1-33     shall deposit $25 under this section to the credit of the attorney

1-34     general volunteer advocate program account in the general revenue

1-35     fund and $5 to the credit of the state highway fund.

1-36           (e)  Money deposited to the credit of the volunteer advocate

1-37     program account under Subsection (d) may be used only by the

1-38     attorney general to fund a contract entered into by the attorney

1-39     general under Section 264.602, Family Code.

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.

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