SRC-ARR S.B. 754 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 754
76R7122 JD-DBy: Lucio
Natural Resources
3/23/1999
As Filed


DIGEST 

Currently, Texas does not provide for a license plate recognizing the
grapefruit as the official state fruit. S.B. 754 creates the Citrus License
Plate, a specially designed license plate, with a ruby-red grapefruit, and
a "State Fruit of Texas" caption at the bottom of the plate  

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 754 issues a special license plate in honor the citrus
industry in Texas. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

Rulemaking authority is granted to the Texas Department of Transportation
in SECTION 1 ( Section 502.299(c), Chapter 502F, Transportation Code) in
this bill. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Chapter 502F, Transportation Code, by adding Section
502.299, as follows: 

Sec. 502.299. TEXAS CITRUS INDUSTRY. Requires the Texas Department of
Transportation (department) to issue specially designed licensed plates for
passenger cars and light trucks in honor of the citrus industry in this
state. Requires the department to issue license plates under this section
to persons who apply for them and pay the annual fee. Requires the
department, by rule, to establish the annual fee for registration under
this section in an amount that, when added to the other fees collected by
the department, does not exceed the amount sufficient to recover the actual
cost to the department of issuing license plates under this section.  

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.