1-1     By:  McReynolds (Senate Sponsor - Shapiro)             H.B. No. 811
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001;
 1-3     May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State
 1-4     Affairs; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the issuance of Special Olympics Texas license plates.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Health and Safety Code,
1-11     is amended by adding Section 533.018 to read as follows:
1-12           Sec. 533.018.  SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEXAS ACCOUNT. (a)  The Texas
1-13     Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Special Olympics
1-14     Texas account is a separate account in the general revenue fund.
1-15     The account is composed of money deposited to the credit of the
1-16     account under Section 502.2922, Transportation Code.  Money in the
1-17     account may be used only for the purposes of this section.
1-18           (b)  The department administers the account.  Annually, the
1-19     department shall distribute the money deposited to the credit of
1-20     the account to Special Olympics Texas to be used only to pay for
1-21     costs associated with training and with area and regional
1-22     competitions of the Special Olympics Texas.
1-23           SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, is
1-24     amended by adding Section 502.2922 to read as follows:
1-25           Sec. 502.2922.  SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEXAS LICENSE PLATES. (a)
1-26     The department shall issue specially designed license plates for
1-27     passenger cars and light trucks that bear the words "Special
1-28     Olympics Texas."
1-29           (b)  The department shall design the license plates in
1-30     consultation with Special Olympics Texas.
1-31           (c)  The department shall issue license plates under this
1-32     section to a person who:
1-33                 (1)  applies to the assessor-collector of the county in
1-34     which the person resides on a form provided by the department; and
1-35                 (2)  pays an annual fee, in addition to the fee
1-36     prescribed by Section 502.161 or 502.162, and, if personalized
1-37     prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the fee
1-38     prescribed by Section 502.251, in the amount of:
1-39                       (A)  $30, if the person registers under this
1-40     section fewer than 15 vehicles at the same time under the same
1-41     name; or
1-42                       (B)  $20, if the person registers under this
1-43     section 15 or more vehicles at the same time under the same name.
1-44           (d)  Of each fee collected under Subsection (c)(2), $5 shall
1-45     be used by the department only to defray the cost of administering
1-46     this section.  The department shall deposit the remainder of each
1-47     fee collected to the credit of the Special Olympics Texas account
1-48     established by Section 533.018, Health and Safety Code.
1-49           (e)  If license plates issued under this section are lost,
1-50     stolen, or mutilated, the owner of the vehicle for which the plates
1-51     were issued may obtain replacement plates from the department by
1-52     paying a replacement fee of $5.
1-53           (f)  If the owner of a vehicle for which license plates were
1-54     issued under this section disposes of the vehicle during a
1-55     registration year, the owner shall return the special license
1-56     plates to the department.
1-57           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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