78R3101 MTB-D
By: Bivins S.B. No. 569
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of Air Force Association 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 502.2736 to read as follows:
Sec. 502.2736. AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION LICENSE PLATES. (a)
The department shall issue specially designed license plates for
passenger cars and light trucks that bear the words "Air Force
Association."
(b) The department shall design the license plates in
consultation with the Air Force Association of Texas.
(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 $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 Air Force Association of Texas
account in the state treasury. Money in the account may be used by
the Texas Veterans Commission in making grants to benefit projects
sponsored by the Air Force Association of Texas.
(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.