SRC-AMY S.B. 1893 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1893
78R10064 JRJ-DBy: Armbrister
Infrastructure Development and Security
4/3/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, there is no Texas PGA Junior Golf specialty license plate.  As
proposed, S.B. 1893 creates a Texas PGA Junior Golf specialty license
plate and establishes the procedure for obtaining such a plate.  This bill
also provides that the resulting revenues will be used to provide
scholarships for young golfers. 

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
502.2705, as follows: 

Sec. 502.2705.  TEXAS PGA JUNIOR GOLF LICENSE PLATES.  (a) Requires the
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to issue specially designed
"Texas PGA Junior Golf" license plates for passenger cars and light
trucks. 

(b) Requires TxDOT to design the license plates in consultation with Texas
PGA Junior Golf. 

(c) Requires TxDOT to issue the license plates to a person who meets
certain criteria. 

(d) Requires that $22 of each fee collected under this section be
deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund and used only by the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in making grants to benefit Texas PGA
Junior Golf for the purpose of providing scholarships to students.
Requires $8 to be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund and
used to defray the cost of administering this section. 

(e)  Authorizes the owner of the vehicle for which the license plates were
issued to obtain replacement plates, if license plates issued under this
section are lost, stolen, or mutilated, from TxDOT for a $5 replacement
fee.  Requires the vehicle owner to return the license plates to TxDOT
upon disposal of the vehicle during a registration year. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2003.