SRC-ARR S.B. 987 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 987
By: Ratliff
Infrastructure
6/29/1999
Enrolled


DIGEST 

Currently, several organizations across Texas have designed their own
specialty license plates to help generate awareness and raise money for a
particular goal. S.B. 987 creates the Texas Young Lawyers Association
license plates, part of the cost of which will be deposited into the Texas
Legal Aid Fund to help provide free legal services to the indigent. 

PURPOSE

As enrolled, S.B. 987 creates the Texas Young Lawyers Association license
plates. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

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

Sec. 502.299. TEXAS YOUNG LAWYERS ASSOCIATION LICENSE PLATES. Requires the
Texas Department of Transportation (department) to issue specially designed
Texas Young Lawyers Association license plates for passenger cars and light
trucks. Requires the plates to bear the words "And Justice For All" and be
of a color, quality, and design approved by the Texas Young Lawyers
Association in consultation with the department. Requires the department to
issue the license plates to certain persons. Requires the department, of
each fee collected under this section,  to deposit $25 to the credit of the
basic civil legal services account established under Section 51.903,
Government Code. Requires the owner to return the special license plate to
the department, if the owner of a vehicle registered under this section
disposes of the vehicle during the registration year. 

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.