78R2872 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 
passenger cars and light trucks.
	(b)  The license plates must include the words "STAR Day 
School Library Readers Are Leaders" and be of a color, quality, and 
design approved by the State of Texas Anniversary Remembrance 
(STAR) Day Foundation.
	(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 $25 of each fee collected 
under this section to the credit of the State of Texas Anniversary 
Remembrance (STAR) Day Foundation account in the state treasury.  
Money in the account may be used only by the Texas Education Agency 
in making grants to 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)  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.