78R13639 DWS-D


By:  Hope                                                         H.B. No. 2107

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2107:                                   

By:  Hamric                                                   C.S.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.