HBA-CMT H.B. 1548 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1548
By: Uher
Transportation
4/5/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Transportation Code states that the specially designed
license plates issued for persons authorized by the United States to
perform consular duties must include the words "Honorary Consul." However,
this may not accurately reflect the nature of the persons duties.  House
Bill 1548 changes the language to replace "Honorary Consul" with "Consular
Official."   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1548 amends the Transportation Code to replace "Honorary Consul"
with "Consular Official" as the language that must be included on the
specially designed license plate issued to persons authorized by the United
States to perform consular duties. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.