78R12839 JRJ-F


By:  Eiland                                                       H.B. No. 926



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to special license plates benefiting the State of Texas 
Anniversary Remembrance (STAR) Day Foundation.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 502.2925 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.2925.  STAR DAY SCHOOL LIBRARY READERS ARE LEADERS 
LICENSE PLATES.  (a)  The department shall issue specially designed 
"STAR Day School Library Readers Are Leaders" license plates for 
each type of vehicle subject to registration under this chapter.
	(b)  The license plates must include the words "STAR Day 
School Library Readers Are Leaders," and the department shall 
design the license plates in consultation with the State of Texas 
Anniversary Remembrance (STAR) Day Foundation.  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 Education Agency 
in making grants to benefit the State of Texas Anniversary 
Remembrance (STAR) Day Foundation to be used only for the purpose of 
providing supplementary reading and service programs in 
partnership with public schools in this state for seventh and 
eighth grade public school students.
	(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.