78R3412 JRJ-F


By:  Morrison                                                     H.B. No. 571

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 571:                                    

By:  Harper-Brown                                             C.S.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 passenger 
cars and light trucks.
	(b)  The license plates must include the words "Native Texan" 
and be of a color, quality, and design approved by the Daughters of 
the Republic of Texas.
	(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 the fee 
prescribed by Section 502.161 or Section 502.162, and, if 
personalized prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the 
fee prescribed by Section 502.251.
	(d)  The department shall deposit $20 of each fee collected 
under this section to the credit of the Daughters of the Republic of 
Texas account in the state treasury.  Money in the account may be 
used only by the Texas Department of Economic Development in making 
grants to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to be used only for 
the purpose of:
		(1)  the preservation of historic Texas sites; or                      
		(2)  funding educational programs that teach Texas 
history.          
	(e)  The remainder of each fee collected under this section, 
after deposit as provided by Subsection (d), shall be deposited to 
the credit of the state highway fund and may be used only to defray 
the cost of administering this section.
	(f)  If the owner of a vehicle registered under this section 
disposes of the vehicle during the registration year, the owner 
shall return the special license plates to the department.
	SECTION 2.   This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.