1-1     By:  Gallegos                                         S.B. No. 1506

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 1997; March 20, 1997, read

 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Finance; April 22, 1997,

 1-4     reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the

 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 12, Nays 0; April 22, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1506              By:  Armbrister

 1-7                                   AN ACT

 1-8     relating to special license plates for the Houston Livestock Show

 1-9     and Rodeo.

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 502.292 to read as follows:

1-13           Sec. 502.292.  HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO LICENSE

1-14     PLATES.  (a)  The department shall issue specially designed Houston

1-15     Livestock Show and Rodeo license plates for passenger cars and

1-16     light trucks.

1-17           (b)  The license plates must include the words "Houston

1-18     Livestock Show and Rodeo" and be of a color, quality, and design

1-19     approved by the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

1-20           (c)  The department shall issue license plates under this

1-21     section to a person who:

1-22                 (1)  applies to the county assessor-collector of the

1-23     county in which the person resides on a form provided by the

1-24     department; and

1-25                 (2)  pays an annual fee of $30, in addition to the fee

1-26     prescribed by Section 502.161 or Section 502.162, and, if

1-27     personalized prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the

1-28     fee prescribed by Section 502.251.

1-29           (d)  The department shall deposit $20 of each fee collected

1-30     under this section to the credit of the Houston Livestock Show and

1-31     Rodeo scholarship account in the state treasury.  Money in the

1-32     account may be used only by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating

1-33     Board in making grants to benefit the Houston Livestock Show and

1-34     Rodeo.

1-35           (e)  The remainder of each fee collected under this section,

1-36     after deposit as provided by Subsection (d), shall be deposited to

1-37     the credit of the state highway fund and may be used only to defray

1-38     the cost of administering this section.

1-39           (f)  If the owner of a vehicle registered under this section

1-40     disposes of the vehicle during the registration year, the owner

1-41     shall return the special license plates to the department.

1-42           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-43           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-44     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-45     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-46     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-47     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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