By Danburg                                            H.B. No. 2508
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the issuance of Texas Urban Forestry Council license
 1-3     plates.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 502.2735 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 502.2735.  TEXAS URBAN FORESTRY COUNCIL LICENSE PLATES.
 1-8     (a)  The department shall issue specially designed license plates
 1-9     for passenger cars and light trucks.
1-10           (b)  The department shall design the license plates in
1-11     consultation with the Texas Urban Forestry Council.
1-12           (c)  The department shall issue license plates under this
1-13     section to a person who:
1-14                 (1)  applies to the county assessor-collector of the
1-15     county in which the person resides on a form provided by the
1-16     department; and
1-17                 (2)  pays an annual fee of $30, in addition to the fee
1-18     prescribed by Section 502.161 or 502.162, and, if personalized
1-19     prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the fee
1-20     prescribed by Section 502.251.
1-21           (d)  Of each fee collected under this section, $5 may be used
1-22     to defray the cost of administering this section by the department.
 2-1     The department shall deposit the remainder of each fee collected
 2-2     under this section to the credit of the Texas Urban Forestry
 2-3     Council account in the state treasury. Money in the account may be
 2-4     used only by the Texas Forest Service to support the activities of
 2-5     a designated statewide 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose
 2-6     primary purpose is sponsoring urban and community tree planting,
 2-7     urban and community tree preservation, and urban and community tree
 2-8     education programs.
 2-9           (e)  If the owner of a vehicle registered under this section
2-10     disposes of the vehicle during the registration year, the owner
2-11     shall return the special license plates to the department.
2-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.