Amend CSSB 1704 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering existing SECTIONS 
accordingly:
	SECTION __.  (a)  Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Section 502.304 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.304.  CHOOSE LIFE LICENSE PLATES.  (a)  The 
department shall issue specially designed license plates for 
passenger cars and light trucks that include the words "Choose 
Life."
	(b)  The department shall design the license plates in 
consultation with the attorney general.
	(c)  The department shall issue license plates under this 
section to a person who:
		(1)  applies to the county assessor-collector of the 
county in which the person resides on a form provided by the 
department; and
		(2)  pays an annual fee of $30, in addition to the fee 
prescribed by Section 502.161 and, if personalized prestige license 
plates are issued, in addition to the fee prescribed by Section 
502.251.
	(d)  Of each fee collected under this section, the department 
shall credit:
		(1)  50 cents from its administrative costs to the 
county treasurer of the applicable county, who shall credit the 
money to the general fund of the county to defray costs to the 
county of administering this section;
		(2)  $7.50 to the credit of the state highway fund, that 
may be appropriated only to the department to defray costs to the 
department of administering this section; and
		(3)  $22 to the credit of the Choose Life account 
established by Section 402.031, Government Code.
	(e)  If the owner of a vehicle registered under this section 
disposes of the vehicle during the registration year, the owner 
shall return the special license plates to the department.
	(f)  If a license plate issued under this section is lost, 
stolen, or mutilated, an application for a replacement plate must 
be accompanied by the fee prescribed by Section 502.184(a)(2).
	(g)  The department may not issue a replacement set of 
personalized license plates under this section to the same person 
before the sixth anniversary of the date of issuance unless the 
applicant for issuance of the replacement plates pays an additional 
fee of $30.
	(h)  Section 504.002(6) does not apply to license plates 
designed and issued under this section.
	(b)  SECTION 6 of this Act does not apply to Section 502.304, 
Transportation Code, as added by Subsection (a) of this section.
	(c)  Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is amended 
by adding Sections 402.031 and 402.032 to read as follows:
	Sec. 402.031.  CHOOSE LIFE ACCOUNT.  (a)  The Choose Life 
account is a separate account in the general revenue fund.  The 
account is composed of:
		(1)  money deposited to the credit of the account under 
Section 502.304, Transportation Code; and
		(2)  gifts, grants, donations, and legislative 
appropriations.       
	(b)  The attorney general administers the Choose Life 
account.  The attorney general may spend money credited to the 
account only to:
		(1)  make grants to an eligible organization; and                      
		(2)  defray the cost of administering the account.                     
	(c)  The attorney general may not discriminate against an 
eligible organization because it is a religious or nonreligious 
organization.
	(d)  The attorney general may accept gifts, donations, and 
grants from any source for the benefit of the account.
	(e)  The attorney general by rule shall establish:                      
		(1)  guidelines for the expenditure of money credited 
to the Choose Life account; and
		(2)  reporting and other mechanisms necessary to ensure 
that the money is spent in accordance with this section.
	(f)  Of any money received by an eligible organization under 
this section, at least 50 percent must be spent to provide for the 
material needs of pregnant women who are considering placing their 
children for adoption, including the provision of clothing, 
housing, prenatal care, food, utilities, and transportation, and to 
provide for the needs of infants who are awaiting placement with 
adoptive parents.  The remainder may be used to provide counseling, 
training, and pregnancy testing, but may not be used to pay an 
administrative, legal, or capital expense.
	(g)  In this section, "eligible organization" means an 
organization in this state that:
		(1)  qualifies as a charitable organization under 
Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
		(2)  provides counseling and material assistance to 
pregnant women who are considering placing their children for 
adoption;
		(3)  does not charge for services provided;                            
		(4)  does not provide abortions or abortion-related 
services or make referrals to abortion providers; and
		(5)  is not affiliated with an organization that 
provides abortions or abortion-related services or makes referrals 
to abortion providers.
	Sec. 402.032.  CHOOSE LIFE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  (a)  The 
attorney general shall appoint a seven-member Choose Life advisory 
committee.
	(b)  The committee shall:                                               
		(1)  meet at least twice a year or as called by the 
attorney general;
		(2)  assist the attorney general in developing rules 
under Section 402.031(e); and
		(3)  review and make recommendations to the attorney 
general on applications submitted to the attorney general for 
grants funded with money credited to the Choose Life account.
	(c)  Members of the committee serve without compensation and 
are not entitled to reimbursement for expenses.  Each member serves 
a term of four years, with the terms of three or four members 
expiring on January 31 of each odd-numbered year.