78R8427 T

By:  Barrientos                                                   S.B. No. 1334



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to special Texas Music license plates to support the 
activities of Austin Music Foundation, Inc., a Texas non-profit 
corporation, and other Texas-based non-profit members of its 
Affiliates Program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding a Section 502.2991 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.2991.  TEXAS MUSIC. (a)  The department shall issue 
specially-designed license plates for passenger cars and light 
trucks to support the activities of the Austin Music Foundation, 
other Texas-based non-profit members of its Affiliates Program, and 
the Texas Music Office.
	(b)  The license plates must bear the words "Live Texas 
Music" and be of a color, design, appearance and quality acceptable 
to and approved by the Austin Music Foundation in consultation with 
the department.
	(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 for an original issuance 
of license plates under this section or $25 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)  Of each fee collected under Subsection (c)(2), $5 may be 
used by the department to defray the cost of administering this 
section.  The department shall deposit the remainder of each fee 
collected to the credit of the Austin Music Foundation account via 
the Texas Music Office established by Section 7.026 of the 
Education Code.
	(e)  If 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 a replacement fee of $5.
	(f)  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.  Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 7.026 to read as follows:
	Sec. 7.026.  AUSTIN MUSIC FOUNDATION ACCOUNT.  (a)  The 
Austin Music Foundation account is to be set up as a separate 
account in the general revenue fund.  The account is composed of 
money deposited to the credit of the account under Section 
502.2991, Transportation Code, as added by Chapter 433, Acts of the 
76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999.  Funds in the account may 
be used only for the purposes of this section.
	(b)  The Texas Music Office shall administer the account.  
The agency may spend money credited to the account only to make 
grants to benefit the educational and community programs sponsored 
by the Austin Music Foundation and other Texas-based non-profit 
members of the Austin Music Foundation's Affiliates Program.  An 
administration fee of $5 per plate shall be retained by the Texas 
Music Office for performance of administration duties.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to a registration fee for a registration period 
beginning on or after that date.