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.