78R6850 JTS-D


By:  King, Mercer                                                 H.B. No. 534

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 534:                                    

By:  Hamric                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 534



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to Texas State Rifle Association 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 502.2737 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.2737.  TEXAS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION LICENSE 
PLATES. If the department issues Texas State Rifle Association 
license plates under Section 502.273, the department shall use $8 
of the annual fee collected under Section 502.273(e) for each set of 
those license plates to defray the cost of issuing the plates.  The 
remainder of the fee shall be deposited to the credit of an account 
in the general revenue fund and may be appropriated only to The 
Texas A&M University System to supplement existing and future 
scholarship programs supported by the Texas State Rifle Association 
and to provide grants to 4-H Club shooting sports programs to 
promote safety education.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to an annual fee for the issuance of Texas State Rifle 
Association license plates that is collected on or after that date.