By:  Ogden                                                        S.B. No. 43 


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to motor vehicle registration and license plate fees.                
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 502.1715, 
Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  In addition to other fees imposed for registration of a 
motor vehicle, at the time of application for registration or 
renewal of registration of a motor vehicle for which the owner is 
required to submit evidence of financial responsibility under 
Section 502.153, the applicant shall pay a fee of $1.  In addition 
to other fees imposed for registration of a motor vehicle, at the 
time of application for registration or renewal of registration of 
a motor vehicle that is subject to Section 501.0234, the applicant 
shall pay a fee of $1.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (f), Section 504.202, Transportation 
Code, as added by House Bill No. 2971, Acts of the 78th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
	(f)  The fee for the first set of license plates is $3.  There 
is no [The] fee for each additional set of license plates [is $15].  
If a license plate is lost, stolen, or mutilated, on payment of a $1 
fee the department shall issue a set of replacement plates.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect November 1, 2003.