1-1 By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 1563 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2001; March 14, 2001, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 1-4 March 28, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, 1-5 Nays 0; March 28, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the issuance of Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard 1-9 of Hearing license plates. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 1-12 is amended by adding Section 502.2735 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 502.2735. TEXAS COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF 1-14 HEARING LICENSE PLATES. (a) The department shall issue specially 1-15 designed Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing license 1-16 plates for passenger cars and light trucks. 1-17 (b) The department shall design the license plates in 1-18 consultation with the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of 1-19 Hearing. 1-20 (c) The department shall issue license plates under this 1-21 section to a person who: 1-22 (1) applies to the assessor-collector of the county in 1-23 which the person resides on a form provided by the department; and 1-24 (2) pays an annual fee of $25, in addition to the fee 1-25 prescribed by Section 502.161 or 502.162 and, if personalized 1-26 prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the fee 1-27 prescribed by Section 502.251. 1-28 (d) Of each fee collected under Subsection (c)(2), $5 shall 1-29 be used by the department only to defray the cost of administering 1-30 this section. 1-31 (e) The remainder of each fee collected shall be deposited 1-32 to the credit of the general revenue fund and may be appropriated 1-33 only to the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for 1-34 direct services programs, training, and education. 1-35 (f) If the owner of a vehicle for which license plates were 1-36 issued under this section disposes of the vehicle during a 1-37 registration year, the owner shall return the special license 1-38 plates to the department. 1-39 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-40 * * * * *