SRC-MSY S.B. 874 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 874
78R8093 JTS-DBy: Deuell
Infrastructure Development and Security
3/20/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Current law provides for a specialty license plate to benefit the Texas
State Rifle Association (TSRA). As proposed, S.B. 874 requires $8 of the
annual fee collected for each of these plates to be set aside to defray
the costs of issuing the plates, and requires the remainder to be
deposited to an account in the general fund to be used only to fund
TSRA-supported scholarships at The Texas A&M University System and to
provide grants to 4-H Club shooting sports programs. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 502F, Transportation Code, by adding Section
502.2737, as follows: 

Sec.  502.2737.  TEXAS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION LICENSE PLATES.  Requires
the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), if TxDOT issues Texas
State Rifle Association (TSRA) license plates under Section 502.273, to
use $8 of the annual fee collected under Section 502.273(e) for each set
of plates to defray the costs of issuing those plates. Requires the
remainder of the fee to be deposited to the credit of an account in the
general revenue fund to be appropriated only to The Texas A&M University
System to supplement existing and future scholarship programs supported by
TSRA and to provide grants to 4-H Club shooting sports programs to promote
safety education. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.  
Provides that this Act applies only to an annual fee for the issuance of
TSRA license plates that is collected on or after the effective date.