By Wentworth                                          S.B. No. 1176
         76R7757 DRH-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the issuance of special license plates in honor of the
 1-3     YMCA in Texas.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
 1-6     is amended by adding Section 502.299 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 502.299.  TEXAS YMCA.  (a)  The department shall issue
 1-8     specially designed license plates for passenger cars and light
 1-9     trucks in honor of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA).
1-10           (b)  The department shall issue license plates under this
1-11     section to a person who:
1-12                 (1)  applies to the county assessor-collector of the
1-13     county in which the person resides on a form provided by the
1-14     department; and
1-15                 (2)  pays the annual fee established by the department
1-16     under Subsection (c), in addition to the fee prescribed by Section
1-17     502.161, and, if personalized prestige license plates are issued,
1-18     in addition to the fee prescribed by Section 502.251.
1-19           (c)  The department by rule shall establish the annual fee
1-20     for registration under this section in an amount that, when added
1-21     to the other fees collected by the department, does not exceed the
1-22     amount sufficient to recover the actual cost to the department of
1-23     issuing license plates under this section.
1-24           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.