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78R8695 JTS-F
By: Bonnen H.B. No. 3151
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3151:
By: Garza C.S.H.B. No. 3151
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of special license plates to fund disaster
preparation and response by the Texas Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 502.306 to read as follows:
Sec. 502.306. FIGHT TERRORISM LICENSE PLATES. (a) The
department shall issue specially designed "Fight Terrorism"
license plates for passenger cars and light trucks.
(b) The department shall design the license plate to include
a pentagon-shaped border surrounding:
(1) the date "9-11-01" with the likeness of the World
Trade Center towers forming the "11";
(2) the likeness of the United States flag; and
(3) the words "Fight Terrorism."
(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 and, if personalized prestige license
plates are issued, in addition to the fee prescribed by Section
502.251.
(d) Each fee collected under Subsection (c) shall be
deposited to the credit of the state highway fund to be used by the
department for disaster preparation and response and to administer
this section.
(e) 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.