78R1844 MTB-D

By:  Berman                                                       H.B. No. 201



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of emergency medical services personnel 
license plates.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 502.2681 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.2681.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL.  (a)  
The department shall issue specially designed license plates for 
passenger cars and light trucks owned by emergency medical services 
personnel certified by the Texas Department of Health under 
Subchapter C, Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code.
	(b)  A person may apply at any time for registration under 
this section to the department through the county 
assessor-collector of the county in which the person resides.  The 
department shall prescribe the form of the application.  The 
department shall require an applicant to submit satisfactory proof 
of eligibility under this section.
	(c)  The fee for registration under this section and issuance 
of the special license plates is an annual fee of $8, in addition to 
the fee prescribed by Section 502.161 or 501.162, and, if 
personalized prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the 
fee prescribed by Section 502.251.  The county assessor-collector 
shall send the annual fee to the department to defray the cost of 
providing the special license plates.
	(d)  Registration under this section is valid for one 
registration year.
	(e)  A person may register, for the person's own use, only 
one vehicle under this section.
	(f)  The owner of a vehicle registered under this section 
shall return the special license plates to the department if the 
owner disposes of the vehicle during the registration year.  The 
owner may then register another vehicle under this section.
	SECTION 2.   This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.