2003S0240-2 02/21/03


By:  Estes                                                        S.B. No. 1231


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of special "United We Stand" 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 502.2664 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.2664.  UNITED WE STAND LICENSE PLATES.  (a)  The 
department shall issue specially designed patriotic license plates 
for passenger cars and light trucks to support the Texas Military 
Preparedness Grant Account.
	(b)  The license plates must bear the words "United We Stand" 
and use only the colors red, white, blue, and black.
	(c)  The department shall issue license plates under this 
section to a person who:
		(1)  applies to the tax assessor-collector of the 
county in which the person resides on the form for original 
registration or annual renewal of registration 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 $20 of each fee collected 
under this section to the credit of the Texas Military Preparedness 
Grant Account in the general revenue fund.
	(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)  The fee for replacement of a lost, stolen, or mutilated 
license plate issued under this section is $30, in addition to the 
fee prescribed by Section 502.184(a).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect only if another Act of the 
78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, creates the Texas Military 
Preparedness Grant Account and becomes law.  If no Act of the 78th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, creates the account and becomes 
law, this Act has no effect.