78R13639 DWS-D
By: Hope H.B. No. 2107
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to special license plates supporting scholarships for
surviving spouses and children of homicide victims.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 502.2923 to read as follows:
Sec. 502.2923. MOTHER-CHILD SURVIVORS EDUCATIONAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND LICENSE PLATES. (a) The department shall issue
specially designed mother-child survivors educational scholarship
fund license plates for passenger cars and light trucks.
(b) The department shall design the license plates in
consultation with Texans for Equal Justice.
(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 502.162, 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, the department
shall deposit $22 to the credit of the general revenue fund and $8
to the credit of the state highway fund.
(e) Money deposited to the credit of the general revenue
fund under Subsection (d) may be appropriated only to the attorney
general and used only to support the Texans for Equal Justice
mother-child survivors educational scholarship fund for
educational scholarships to:
(1) surviving spouses of homicide victims who have one
or more minor children and who need further education to adequately
support the family; and
(2) surviving children of homicide victims entering an
institution of higher education or vocational school for the first
time.
(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.