By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 614
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the issuance of Texans Conquer Cancer license plates.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
1-5 is amended by adding Section 502.2735 to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 502.2735. TEXANS CONQUER CANCER LICENSE PLATES.
1-7 (a) The department shall issue specially designed license plates
1-8 for passenger cars and light trucks that include the words "Texans
1-9 Conquer Cancer."
1-10 (b) The department shall design the license plates in
1-11 consultation with the Texas Cancer 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 assessor-collector of the county in
1-15 which the person resides on a form provided by the department; and
1-16 (2) pays an annual fee of $30, in addition to the fee
1-17 prescribed by Section 502.161 or Section 502.162 and, if
1-18 personalized prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the
1-19 fee prescribed by Section 502.251.
1-20 (d) Of each fee collected under Subsection (c)(2), $5 shall
1-21 be used by the department only to defray the cost of administering
1-22 this section. The department shall deposit the remainder of each
1-23 fee collected to the credit of the Texans Conquer Cancer account
1-24 established by Section 102.017, Health and Safety Code.
1-25 (e) If the owner of a vehicle for which license plates were
2-1 issued under this section disposes of the vehicle during a
2-2 registration year, the owner shall return the special license
2-3 plates to the department.
2-4 SECTION 2. Chapter 102, Health and Safety Code, is amended
2-5 by adding Sections 102.017 and 102.018 to read as follows:
2-6 Sec. 102.017. TEXANS CONQUER CANCER ACCOUNT. (a) The
2-7 Texans Conquer Cancer account is a separate account in the general
2-8 revenue fund. The account is composed of:
2-9 (1) money deposited to the credit of the account under
2-10 Section 502.2735, Transportation Code; and
2-11 (2) gifts, grants, and donations.
2-12 (b) The council administers the account. The council may
2-13 spend money credited to the account only to:
2-14 (1) make grants to nonprofit organizations that
2-15 provide support services for cancer patients and their families;
2-16 and
2-17 (2) defray the cost of administering the account.
2-18 (c) The council:
2-19 (1) may accept gifts, donations, and grants from any
2-20 source for the benefit of the account; and
2-21 (2) by rule shall establish guidelines for spending
2-22 money credited to the account.
2-23 Sec. 102.018. TEXANS CONQUER CANCER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
2-24 (a) The council shall appoint a seven-member Texans Conquer Cancer
2-25 advisory committee.
2-26 (b) The committee shall:
3-1 (1) assist the council in establishing guidelines for
3-2 the expenditure of money credited to the Texans Conquer Cancer
3-3 account; and
3-4 (2) review and make recommendations to the council on
3-5 applications submitted to the council for grants funded with money
3-6 credited to the Texans Conquer Cancer account.
3-7 (c) Members of the committee serve without compensation and
3-8 are not entitled to reimbursement for expenses. Each member serves
3-9 a term of four years, with the terms of three or four members
3-10 expiring on January 31 of each odd-numbered year.
3-11 (d) Section 2110.008, Government Code, does not apply to the
3-12 committee.
3-13 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-14 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-15 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-16 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-17 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.