By Pickett                                            H.B. No. 2110
         77R5509 JD-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the issuance of special license plates for motorcycles
 1-3     owned by former members of the United States armed forces.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 502.252, Transportation Code, is amended
 1-6     to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 502.252.  CERTAIN SPECIALIZED PLATES AVAILABLE
 1-8     PERSONALIZED. A person applying for license plates under Section
 1-9     502.2555, 502.258, 502.2586, 502.259, 502.260, 502.261, 502.262,
1-10     502.263, 502.264, 502.265, 502.269, 502.270, 502.271, 502.272,
1-11     502.273, 502.2731, 502.274, 502.289, 502.291, 502.294 may:
1-12                 (1)  have a license plate number assigned by the
1-13     department; or
1-14                 (2)  apply for personalized prestige license plates
1-15     under Section 502.251.
1-16           SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, is
1-17     amended by adding Section 502.2586 to read as follows:
1-18           Sec. 502.2586.  MOTORCYCLES OF FORMER MEMBERS OF UNITED
1-19     STATES ARMED FORCES. (a)  The department shall issue specially
1-20     designed license plates for motorcycles owned by retired or
1-21     honorably discharged members of the United States armed forces.
1-22           (b)  License plates issued under this section must include
1-23     the words "U.S. Veteran."
1-24           (c)  The department shall issue license plates under this
 2-1     section to a person who:
 2-2                 (1)  applies to the department on a form prescribed by
 2-3     the department;
 2-4                 (2)  pays the annual fee prescribed by Subsection (e),
 2-5     in addition to the fee prescribed by Section 502.160, and, if a
 2-6     personalized prestige license plate is issued, in addition to the
 2-7     fee prescribed by Section 502.251; and
 2-8                 (3)  submits proof that the person is eligible under
 2-9     this section.
2-10           (d)  The department shall send 50 cents of each fee collected
2-11     under this section to the county treasurer of the county in which
2-12     the applicant resides.  The county treasurer shall credit money
2-13     received under this section to the general fund of the county to
2-14     pay the costs of administering this section.
2-15           (e)  The annual fee for issuance of license plates under this
2-16     section is:
2-17                 (1)  $5 for the first license plate; and
2-18                 (2)  $7.50 for each additional license plate.
2-19           (f)  If the owner of a motorcycle registered under this
2-20     section disposes of the motorcycle during the registration year,
2-21     the owner shall return the special license plate to the department.
2-22     The owner may then apply for issuance of that plate to another
2-23     motorcycle.
2-24           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.