By:  Morrison                                                     H.B. No. 571



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to special license plates approved by the Daughters of the 
Republic of Texas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 502.2934 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.2934.  DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS LICENSE 
PLATES.  (a)  The department shall issue specially designed 
Daughters of the Republic of Texas license plates for each type of 
vehicle subject to registration under this chapter.
	(b)  The license plates must include the words "Native 
Texan", and the department shall design the license plates in 
consultation with the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.  The 
department may vary the design according to the type of vehicle for 
which the license plates are issued.
	(c)  The department shall issue license plates under this 
section to a person who:
		(1)  applies to the county assessor-collector of the 
county in which the person resides on a form provided by the 
department; and
		(2)  pays an annual fee of $30, in addition to any 
applicable fee prescribed by Subchapter D, and, if personalized 
prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the fee 
prescribed by Section 502.251.
	(d)  Of each fee collected under this section:                          
		(1)  $8 shall be deposited to the credit of the state 
highway fund to defray the cost of administering this section;
		(2)  50 cents shall be deposited by the county 
treasurer of the county in which the applicant resides to the credit 
of the general fund of the county to pay the costs of administering 
this section; and
		(3)  the remainder shall be deposited to the credit of 
the general revenue fund and used only by the Texas Department of 
Economic Development or its successor agency in making grants to 
benefit the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to be used only for 
the purpose of:
			(A)  the preservation of historic Texas sites; or                     
			(B)  funding educational programs that teach 
Texas history.         
	(e)  If license plates issued under this section are lost, 
stolen, or mutilated, the owner of the vehicle for which the license 
plates were issued may obtain replacement plates from the 
department by paying the fee prescribed by Section 502.184(a)(2).
	SECTION 2.   This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.