Amend HB 2461 by adding a new SECTION, appropriately
numbered, to read as follows, and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS
accordingly:
      SECTION ____. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 502.303 to read as follows:
      Sec. 502.303.  WATERFOWL AND WETLAND CONSERVATION LICENSE
PLATES. (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department
shall issue specially designed license plates for passenger cars
and light trucks to support the activities of a nonprofit
organization designated by the Parks and Wildlife Department that
has as its principal purpose the conservation of waterfowl and
wetland.
      (b)  The license plates must bear one or more graphic images
designed by the Parks and Wildlife Department in consultation with
the designated organization.
      (c)  The department shall issue license plates under this
section to a person who:
            (1)  applies to the county assessor-collector of the
county in which the person resides on a form provided by the
department; and
            (2)  pays a fee of $50 for an original issuance of
license plates under this section or $40 for a renewal of issuance
of license plates under this section, in addition to the fee
prescribed by Section 502.161 or 502.162, and, if personalized
prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the fee
prescribed by Section 502.251.
      (d)  The fee for replacement of a lost, stolen, or mutilated
plate issued under this section is $35, in addition to the fee
prescribed by Section 502.184(a).
      (e)  Of each fee collected under this section, $5 may be used
to defray the cost of administering this section by the department
and the Parks and Wildlife Department.  The department shall
deposit the remainder of each fee collected under this section to
the credit of an account in the state treasury.  Money in the
account may be used only by the Parks and Wildlife Department to
support the activities of a designated nonprofit organization whose
primary purpose is the conservation of waterfowl and wetland.  The
Parks and Wildlife Department shall establish reporting and other
mechanisms necessary to ensure that the money is spent for purposes
for which it is dedicated.
      (f)  If the owner of a vehicle registered under this section
disposes of the vehicle during the registration year, the owner
shall return the special license plates to the department.