78R6493 DWS-D
By: Hamilton H.B. No. 2708
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of Eagle Scout 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. EAGLE SCOUT LICENSE PLATES. (a) The
department shall issue specially designed Eagle Scout license
plates for passenger cars and light trucks.
(b) The license plates must bear a depiction of the Eagle
Scout medal.
(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 $25 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) $17 shall be deposited to the credit of the Eagle
Scout account in the general revenue fund to be used only by the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in making grants to
support projects sponsored by Boy Scout councils in this state; and
(2) $8 shall be deposited to the credit of the state
highway fund.
(e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
distribute grants under this section geographically as near as
possible in proportion to the number of license plates issued under
this section in each region of the state.
(f) 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).
(g) 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.