78R7601 DWS-F

By:  Flores                                                       H.B. No. 1946



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of Tejano Monument 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 502.2691 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.2691.  TEJANO MONUMENT LICENSE PLATES.  (a)  The 
department shall issue specially designed Tejano Monument license 
plates for passenger cars and light trucks.
	(b)  The department shall design the license plates in 
consultation with The Tejano Monument, Inc.
	(c)  The department shall issue license plates under this 
section to a person who:
		(1)  applies to the county tax assessor-collector of 
the county in which the person resides on a form provided by the 
department; and
		(2)  pays an annual fee of $50 in addition to the fee 
prescribed by Section 502.161 and, if personalized prestige license 
plates are issued, in addition to the fee prescribed by Section 
502.251.
	(d)  Of each fee collected under Subsection (c):                        
		(1)  $42 shall be deposited to the credit of the Tejano 
Monument account in the general fund to be used only by the  State 
Preservation Board to design and erect a Tejano Monument for 
placement on the Capitol grounds or related educational programs; 
and
		(2)  $8 shall be deposited to the credit of the state 
highway fund.  
	(e)  If the license plates issued under this section are 
lost, stolen, or mutilated, the owner of the vehicle for which the 
plates were issued may obtain replacement plates from the 
department by paying the replacement fee prescribed by Section 
502.184(a)(2).
	(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.