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78R6540 DWS-D
By: Armbrister S.B. No. 1270
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to fees in connection with waterfowl and wetland
conservation special license plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 502.303(c) and (d), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(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 a fee of $25 [$50] for an original issuance or
renewal of issuance of license plates under this section [or $40 for
a renewal of issuance of license plates under this section], in
addition to the fee prescribed by Section 502.161 or 502.162, and,
if personalized prestige license plates are issued, in addition to
the fee prescribed by Section 502.251.
(d) The fee for replacement of a lost, stolen, or mutilated
plate issued under this section is $25 [$35], in addition to the fee
prescribed by Section 502.184(a).
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to license plates issued, renewed, or replaced on or after the
effective date of this Act. License plates issued, renewed, or
replaced before the effective date of this Act are governed by the
law in effect when the license plates were issued, renewed, or
replaced, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. 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.