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Amend CSHB 571 as follows:
On page 1, strike lines 9 and 10 and substitute "Daughters of
the Republic of Texas license plates for each type of vehicle
subject to registration under this chapter."
On page 1, strike lines 12 and 13 and substitute "and the
department shall design the license plates in consultation with the
Daughters of the Republic of Texas. The department may vary the
design according to the type of vehicle for which the license plates
are issued."
On page 1, lines 19 and 20, strike "the fee prescribed by
Section 502.161 or Section 502.162" and substitute "any applicable
fee prescribed by Subchapter D".
Strike page 1, line 23 through page 2, line 14 and substitute
the following:
"(d) Of each fee collected under this section:
(1) $8 shall be deposited to the credit of the state
highway fund to defray the cost of administering this section;
(2) 50 cents shall be deposited by the county treasurer
of the county in which the applicant resides to the credit of the
general fund of the county to pay the costs of administering this
section; and
(3) the remainder shall be deposited to the credit of
the general revenue fund and used only by the Texas Department of
Economic Development or its successor agency in making grants to
benefit the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to be used only for
the purpose of:
(A) the preservation of historic Texas sites; or
(B) funding educational programs that teach Texas
history.
(e) If license plates issued under this section are lost,
stolen, or mutilated, the owner of the vehicle for which the license
plates were issued may obtain replacement plates from the
department by paying the fee prescribed by Section 502.184(a)(2)."