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By:  Cook of Colorado                                             H.B. No. 2389



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of 4-H 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 502.2737 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.2934.  4-H LICENSE PLATES.  (a)  The department 
shall issue specially designed license plates for passenger cars 
and light trucks.
	(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 and be of a color, quality, and design approved by the Texas 
4-H and Youth Development Council.
	(c)  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 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)  Of each fee collected under Subsection (c)(2), $5 shall 
be used by the department only to defray the cost of administering 
this section.  The department shall deposit the remainder of each 
fee collected to the credit of an account in the general revenue 
fund that may be appropriated only to Texas Cooperative Extension 
for 4-H and Youth Development Programs and to support Texas 
Cooperative Extension's activities related to 4-H and Youth 
Development Programs.
	(e)  If the owner of a vehicle for which license plates were 
issued under this section disposes of the vehicle during a 
registration year, the owner shall return the special license 
plates to the department.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.