By: Heflin H.B. No. 3210
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of March Of Dimes 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. 502.2737. MARCH OF DIMES LICENSE PLATES. (a) The
department shall issue specially designed license plates for
passenger cars and light trucks that bear the words "March Of
Dimes."
(b) The department shall design the license plates in
consultation with the March Of Dimes Texas Chapter.
(c) The department shall issue license places 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 $35, 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)(2), $8 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 the Texas Department of Health for
use in the Birth Defects Registry.
(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 immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.