By Pickett                                            H.B. No. 2177
         77R7638 MTB-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to special license plates in honor of the YMCA in Texas.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 502.299, Transportation Code, as added by
 1-5     Chapter 433, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,
 1-6     is amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and by adding
 1-7     Subsection (d) to read as follows:
 1-8           (b)  The department shall issue license plates under this
 1-9     section to a person who:
1-10                 (1)  applies to the county assessor-collector of the
1-11     county in which the person resides on a form provided by the
1-12     department; and
1-13                 (2)  pays an [the] annual fee of $30 [established by
1-14     the department under Subsection (c)], in addition to the fee
1-15     prescribed by Section 502.161 or 502.162 [,] and, if personalized
1-16     prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the fee
1-17     prescribed by Section 502.251.
1-18           (c)  Of each fee collected under Subsection (b)(2), $8 shall
1-19     be used by the department only to defray the cost of administering
1-20     this section.  The department shall deposit the remainder of each
1-21     fee collected to the credit of the Young Men's Christian
1-22     Association (YMCA) account established by Section 7.025, Education
1-23     Code  [The department by rule shall establish the annual fee for
1-24     registration under this section in an amount that, when added to
 2-1     the other fees collected by the department, does not exceed the
 2-2     amount sufficient to recover the actual cost to the department of
 2-3     issuing license plates under this section].
 2-4           (d)  If the owner of a vehicle for which license plates were
 2-5     issued under this section disposes of the vehicle during a
 2-6     registration year, the owner shall return the special license
 2-7     plates to the department.
 2-8           SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
 2-9     amended by adding Section 7.025 to read as follows:
2-10           Sec. 7.025.  YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (YMCA)
2-11     ACCOUNT.  (a) The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) account
2-12     is a separate account in the general revenue fund.  The account is
2-13     composed of money deposited to the credit of the account under
2-14     Section 502.299, Transportation Code, as added by Chapter 433, Acts
2-15     of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999. Money in the
2-16     account may be used only for the purposes of this section.
2-17           (b)  The Texas Education Agency administers the account.  The
2-18     agency may spend money credited to the account only to make grants
2-19     to benefit the youth and government programs sponsored by the Young
2-20     Men's Christian Associations located in Texas.
2-21           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
2-22     applies only to a registration fee for a registration period
2-23     beginning on or after that date.