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78R12844 JRJ-F


By:  Cook of Colorado, et al.                                     H.B. No. 2389

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2389:                                   

By:  Hamric                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 2389



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of special license plates to benefit the 
Texas 4-H and Youth Development Program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 502.2934 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.2934.  4-H LICENSE PLATES.  (a)  The department 
shall issue specially designed "4-H" license plates for each type 
of vehicle subject to registration under this chapter.
	(b)  The license plates must include the words "To Make the 
Best Better," "Texas 4-H," and the 4-H symbol of the four leaf 
clover.
	(c)  The department shall design the license plate in 
consultation with the Texas 4-H and Youth Development Program.  The 
department may vary the design according to the type of vehicle for 
which the license plates are issued.
	(d)  The department shall issue license plates under this 
section to a person who:
		(1)  applies to the 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.
	(e)  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 Cooperative 
Extension of The Texas A&M University System for 4-H and Youth 
Development Programs and to support the Texas Cooperative 
Extension's activities related to 4-H and Youth Development 
Programs.
	(f)  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.