By:  Wentworth                                        S.B. No. 1176
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                       AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the issuance of special license plates in honor of the
 1-2     YMCA 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 YMCA.  (a)  The department shall issue
 1-7     specially designed license plates for passenger cars and light
 1-8     trucks in honor of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA).
 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 the annual fee established by the department
1-15     under Subsection (c), in addition to the fee prescribed by Section
1-16     502.161, and, if personalized prestige license plates are issued,
1-17     in addition to the fee prescribed by Section 502.251.
1-18           (c)  The department by rule shall establish the annual fee
1-19     for registration under this section in an amount that, when added
1-20     to the other fees collected by the department, does not exceed the
1-21     amount sufficient to recover the actual cost to the department of
1-22     issuing license plates under this section.
1-23           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.