By Smithee                                            H.B. No. 1705
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the issuance of Air Force Association license plates.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, is
 1-5     amended by adding Section 502.2735 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 502.2735.  AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION LICENSE PLATES. (a)
 1-7     The department shall issue specially designed license plates for
 1-8     passenger cars and light trucks that bear the words "Air Force
 1-9     Association."
1-10           (b)  The department shall design the license plates in
1-11     consultation with the Air Force Association of Texas.
1-12           (c)  The department shall issue license plates under this
1-13     section to a person who:
1-14                 (1)  applies to the assessor-collector of the county in
1-15     which the person resides on a form provided by the department; and
1-16                 (2)  pays an annual fee of $30, in addition to the fee
1-17     prescribed by Section 502.161 and, if personalized prestige license
1-18     plates are issued, in addition to the fee prescribed by Section
1-19     502.251.
1-20           (d)  Of each fee collected under Subsection (c)(2), $5 shall
1-21     be used by the department only to defray the cost of administering
1-22     this section.  The department shall deposit the remainder of each
1-23     fee collected to the credit of the Air Force Association of Texas
1-24     account in the state treasury. Money in the account may be used by
 2-1     the Texas Veterans Commission in making grants to benefit projects
 2-2     sponsored by the Air Force Association of Texas.
 2-3           (e)  If the owner of a vehicle for which license plates were
 2-4     issued under this section disposes of the vehicle during a
 2-5     registration year, the owner shall return the special license
 2-6     plates to the department.
 2-7           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 2-8     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 2-9     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-10     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-11     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.