1-1     By:  Gallego (Senate Sponsor - Madla)                 H.B. No. 3441
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001;
 1-3     May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State
 1-4     Affairs; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to special license plates for certain government
 1-9     officials.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 502.295(e), Transportation Code, is
1-12     amended to read as follows:
1-13           (e)  A registration under this section is for a registration
1-14     period of 12 consecutive months or until January [March] 31,
1-15     whichever period is shorter.
1-16           SECTION 2. Section 502.295(g), Transportation Code, is
1-17     amended to read as follows:
1-18           (g)  In this section, "state official" means:
1-19                 (1)  a member of the legislature;
1-20                 (2)  the governor;
1-21                 (3)  the lieutenant governor;
1-22                 (4)  [a justice of the supreme court;]
1-23                 [(5)  a judge of the court of criminal appeals;]
1-24                 [(6)]  the attorney general;
1-25                 (5) [(7)]  the Commissioner of the General Land Office;
1-26                 (6) [(8)]  the comptroller;
1-27                 (7) [(9)]  a member of the Railroad Commission of
1-28     Texas;
1-29                 (8) [(10)]  the commissioner of agriculture;
1-30                 (9) [(11)]  the secretary of state; or
1-31                 (10) [(12)]  a member of the State Board of Education.
1-32           SECTION 3. Section 502.296(e), Transportation Code, is
1-33     amended to read as follows:
1-34           (e)  A registration under this section is for a registration
1-35     period of 12 consecutive months or until January [March] 31,
1-36     whichever period is shorter.
1-37           SECTION 4. Section 502.297(e), Transportation Code, is
1-38     amended to read as follows:
1-39           (e)  A registration under this section is for a registration
1-40     period of 12 consecutive months or until January [March] 31,
1-41     whichever period is shorter.
1-42           SECTION 5. Section 502.297(g)(2), Transportation Code, is
1-43     amended to read as follows:
1-44                 (2)  "State judge" means:
1-45                       (A)  a justice of the supreme court;
1-46                       (B)  a judge of the court of criminal appeals;
1-47                       (C)  a judge of a court of appeals;
1-48                       (D) [(B)]  a district court judge;
1-49                       (E) [(C)]  a presiding judge of an administrative
1-50     judicial district; or
1-51                       (F) [(D)]  a statutory county court judge.
1-52           SECTION 6. (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), this
1-53     Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and applies only to a
1-54     registration period beginning on or after that date.
1-55           (b)  Sections 1, 3, and 4 of this Act take effect April 1,
1-56     2002. If license plates are issued for a period of less than 12
1-57     months because of the changes in law made by those sections, the
1-58     Texas Department of Transportation shall reduce the registration
1-59     fee for that period accordingly.
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