AN ACT 1-1 relating to the issuance of special license plates in honor of the 1-2 citrus industry in Texas. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 1-5 is amended by adding Section 502.299 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 502.299. TEXAS CITRUS INDUSTRY. (a) The department 1-7 shall issue specially designed license plates for passenger cars 1-8 and light trucks in honor of the citrus industry in this state. 1-9 (b) The department shall issue license plates under this 1-10 section to a person who: 1-11 (1) applies to the county assessor-collector of the 1-12 county in which the person resides on a form provided by the 1-13 department; and 1-14 (2) pays an annual fee of $30, in addition to the fee 1-15 prescribed by Section 502.161, and, if personalized prestige 1-16 license plates are issued, in addition to the fee prescribed by 1-17 Section 502.251. 1-18 (c) Of each fee collected under this section, the department 1-19 shall deposit $25 to the credit of an account in the general 1-20 revenue fund that may be appropriated only to Texas A&M 1-21 University--Kingsville to provide financial assistance to graduate 1-22 students in the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences. The 1-23 remainder of the fee may be used only by the department to defray 1-24 the cost of administering this section. 2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 2-2 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 754 passed the Senate on April 8, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 1999, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 754 passed the House, with amendment, on May 25, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: _______________________________ Date _______________________________ Governor