1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the power of the Texas Department of Transportation to
1-3 contract and to issue certain license plates.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended by adding Section 201.209 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 201.209. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT. (a) The department may
1-8 enter into an interlocal contract with one or more local
1-9 governments in accordance with Chapter 791, Government Code.
1-10 (b) The department by rule shall adopt policies and
1-11 procedures consistent with applicable state procurement practices
1-12 for soliciting and awarding the contracts under this section.
1-13 SECTION 2. (a) Section 502.299, Transportation Code, as
1-14 added by Chapter 433, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
1-15 Session, 1999, is amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and
1-16 by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-17 (b) The department shall issue license plates under this
1-18 section to a person who:
1-19 (1) applies to the county assessor-collector of the
1-20 county in which the person resides on a form provided by the
1-21 department; and
1-22 (2) pays an [the] annual fee of $30 [established by
1-23 the department under Subsection (c)], in addition to the fee
1-24 prescribed by Section 502.161 or 502.162, and, if personalized
2-1 prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the fee
2-2 prescribed by Section 502.251.
2-3 (c) Of each fee collected under Subsection (b)(2), $5 shall
2-4 be used by the department only to defray the cost of administering
2-5 this section. The department shall deposit the remainder of each
2-6 fee collected to the credit of the YMCA account established by
2-7 Section 7.025, Education Code [The department by rule shall
2-8 establish the annual fee for registration under this section in an
2-9 amount that, when added to the other fees collected by the
2-10 department, does not exceed the amount sufficient to recover the
2-11 actual cost to the department of issuing license plates under this
2-12 section].
2-13 (d) If the owner of a vehicle for which license plates were
2-14 issued under this section disposes of the vehicle during a
2-15 registration year, the owner shall return the special license
2-16 plates to the department.
2-17 (b) Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is amended by
2-18 adding Section 7.025 to read as follows:
2-19 Sec. 7.025. YMCA ACCOUNT. The YMCA account is a separate
2-20 account in the general revenue fund. The account is composed of
2-21 money deposited to the credit of the account under Section 502.299,
2-22 Transportation Code, as added by Chapter 433, Acts of the 76th
2-23 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999. The Texas Education Agency
2-24 administers the account and may spend money credited to the account
2-25 only to make grants to benefit the youth and government programs
2-26 sponsored by the Young Men's Christian Associations located in
2-27 Texas.
3-1 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, this
3-2 section takes effect September 1, 2001. The changes in law made by
3-3 this section apply only to the registration of a motor vehicle that
3-4 is applied for on or after that date. The registration of a motor
3-5 vehicle that was applied for before the effective date of this
3-6 section is covered by the law in effect on the date the
3-7 registration was applied for, and the former law is continued in
3-8 effect for that purpose.
3-9 SECTION 3. (a) Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation
3-10 Code, is amended by adding Section 502.2735 to read as follows:
3-11 Sec. 502.2735. TEXANS CONQUER CANCER LICENSE PLATES.
3-12 (a) The department shall issue specially designed license plates
3-13 for passenger cars and light trucks that include the words "Texans
3-14 Conquer Cancer."
3-15 (b) The department shall design the license plates in
3-16 consultation with the Texas Cancer Council.
3-17 (c) The department shall issue license plates under this
3-18 section to a person who:
3-19 (1) applies to the assessor-collector of the county in
3-20 which the person resides on a form provided by the department; and
3-21 (2) pays an annual fee of $30, in addition to the fee
3-22 prescribed by Section 502.161 or Section 502.162, and, if
3-23 personalized prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the
3-24 fee prescribed by Section 502.251.
3-25 (d) Of each fee collected under Subsection (c)(2), $5 shall
3-26 be used by the department only to defray the cost of administering
3-27 this section. The department shall deposit the remainder of each
4-1 fee collected to the credit of the Texans Conquer Cancer account
4-2 established by Section 102.017, Health and Safety Code.
4-3 (e) If the owner of a vehicle for which license plates were
4-4 issued under this section disposes of the vehicle during a
4-5 registration year, the owner shall return the special license
4-6 plates to the department.
4-7 (b) Chapter 102, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
4-8 adding Sections 102.017 and 102.018 to read as follows:
4-9 Sec. 102.017. TEXANS CONQUER CANCER ACCOUNT. (a) The
4-10 Texans Conquer Cancer account is a separate account in the general
4-11 revenue fund. The account is composed of:
4-12 (1) money deposited to the credit of the account under
4-13 Section 502.2735, Transportation Code; and
4-14 (2) gifts, grants, and donations.
4-15 (b) The council administers the account. The council may
4-16 spend money credited to the account only to:
4-17 (1) make grants to nonprofit organizations that
4-18 provide support services for cancer patients and their families;
4-19 and
4-20 (2) defray the cost of administering the account.
4-21 (c) The council:
4-22 (1) may accept gifts, donations, and grants from any
4-23 source for the benefit of the account; and
4-24 (2) by rule shall establish guidelines for spending
4-25 money credited to the account.
4-26 Sec. 102.018. TEXANS CONQUER CANCER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
4-27 (a) The council shall appoint a seven-member Texans Conquer Cancer
5-1 advisory committee.
5-2 (b) The committee shall:
5-3 (1) assist the council in establishing guidelines for
5-4 the expenditure of money credited to the Texans Conquer Cancer
5-5 account; and
5-6 (2) review and make recommendations to the council on
5-7 applications submitted to the council for grants funded with money
5-8 credited to the Texans Conquer Cancer account.
5-9 (c) Members of the committee serve without compensation and
5-10 are not entitled to reimbursement for expenses. Each member serves
5-11 a term of four years, with the terms of three or four members
5-12 expiring on January 31 of each odd-numbered year.
5-13 (d) Section 2110.008, Government Code, does not apply to the
5-14 committee.
5-15 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
5-16 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
5-17 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
5-18 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
5-19 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1831 was passed by the House on May
8, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 1831 on May 24, 2001, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 1831 on May 27, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1831 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0, 1 present, not voting; at the request of the House, the Senate
appointed a conference committee to consider the differences
between the two houses; and that the Senate adopted the conference
committee report on H.B. No. 1831 on May 27, 2001, by the following
vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
_______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor