1-1 By: Lucio S.B. No. 754 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 1, 1999; March 2, 1999, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 1-4 March 29, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, 1-5 Nays 0; March 29, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the issuance of special license plates in honor of the 1-9 citrus industry in Texas. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 1-12 is amended by adding Section 502.299 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 502.299. TEXAS CITRUS INDUSTRY. (a) The department 1-14 shall issue specially designed license plates for passenger cars 1-15 and light trucks in honor of the citrus industry in this state. 1-16 (b) The department shall issue license plates under this 1-17 section to a person who: 1-18 (1) applies to the county assessor-collector of the 1-19 county in which the person resides on a form provided by the 1-20 department; and 1-21 (2) pays the annual fee established by the department 1-22 under Subsection (c), in addition to the fee prescribed by Section 1-23 502.161, and, if personalized prestige license plates are issued, 1-24 in addition to the fee prescribed by Section 502.251. 1-25 (c) The department by rule shall establish the annual fee 1-26 for registration under this section in an amount that, when added 1-27 to the other fees collected by the department, does not exceed the 1-28 amount sufficient to recover the actual cost to the department of 1-29 issuing license plates under this section. 1-30 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-31 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-32 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-33 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-34 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-35 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-36 * * * * *