SRC-LBB S.B. 1142 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1142
By: Madla
Infrastructure Development and Security
3/19/2003
As Filed
DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Texas Transportation Code allows the issuance of specially
designed license plates for private nonprofit organizations.  Income from
the sales of such plates may be used to benefit the organization.  As
proposed, S.B. 1142 creates a license plate benefitting Los Compadres de
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.   

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.  SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK LICENSE
PLATES.  (a)  Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to
issue specially designed San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
license plates for passenger cars and light trucks. 

(b)  Requires TxDOT to design the license plate in consultation with Los
Compadres de San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. 

(c)  Requires TxDOT to issue license plates under this section to a person
who meets certain requirements. 

(d)  Requires TxDOT to deposit $22 of each fee collected under this
section to the credit of Los Compadres de San Antonio Missions National
Historical Park account in the state treasury.  Authorizes money in the
account to be used only by the Texas Historical Commission in making
grants to Los Compadres de San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
to be used only for the purpose of the preservation and rehabilitation of
the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. 

(e)  Requires the remainder of each fee collected under this section,
after deposit as provided by Subsection (d), to be deposited to the credit
of the state highway fund and used only to defray the cost of
administering this section. 
 
(f)  Authorizes the owner of the vehicle for which the plates were issued
to obtain replacement plates from TxDOT by paying the replacement fee
prescribed by Section 502.184(a)(2), if the license plates issued under
this section are lost, stolen, or mutilated. 

(g)  Requires the owner to return the special license plates to TxDOT, if
the owner of a vehicle registered under this section disposes of the
vehicle during the registration year. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.