78R3555 JTS-D
By: King 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 Texas
A&M University to supplement the scholarship program supported by
the Texas State Rifle Association and to provide scholarships for
students who participate in the Reserve Officers Training Corps
program.
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.