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By:  Uresti                                                       H.B. No. 3191



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of special license plates benefiting Los 
Compadres de San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
	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. 502.2737.  SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS NATIONAL HISTORICAL 
PARK LICENSE PLATES.  (a)  The department shall issue specially 
designed San Antonio Missions National Historical Park license 
plates for passenger cars and light trucks.
	(b)  The department shall design the license plate in 
consultation with Los Compadres de San Antonio Missions National 
Historical Park.
	(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)  The department shall deposit $22 of each fee collected 
under this section to the credit of the Los Compadres de San Antonio 
Missions National Historical Park account in the state treasury.  
Money in the account may be used only by the Texas Historical 
Commission in making grants to Los Compadres de San Antonio 
Missions National Historical Park to be used only for the purpose of 
the preservation and rehabilitation of the San Antonio Missions 
National Historical Park.
	(e)  The remainder of each fee collected under this section, 
after deposit as provided by Subsection (d), shall be deposited to 
the credit of the state highway fund and may be used only to defray 
the cost of administering this section.
	(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.