By:  Harris                                                       S.B. No. 1506


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of Texas County Child Welfare Boards 
special 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 502.310 to read as follows:
	Section 502.310 Texas County Child Welfare Boards.                      
	(a)  The department shall issue specially designed Texas 
County Child Welfare Boards license plates for passenger cars and 
light trucks.
	(b)  The department shall design the license plate in 
consultation with the Texas Council of Child Welfare Boards, Inc.
	(c)  The department shall issue license plates under this 
section to a person who:
		(1)  applies to the county tax 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), the 
department shall deposit:
		(1)  $27 to the credit of a special account for abused 
and neglected children established at the Texas Department of 
Protective and Regulatory Services, and
		(2)  $8 to the credit of the state highway fund.                       
	(e)  Money deposited to the credit of the Department of 
Protective and Regulatory Services special account shall be used 
only by the department to fund programs and services supporting 
abused and neglected children pursuant to Section 264.005, Texas 
Family Code.
	(f)  If the license plated issued under this section are 
lost, stolen, or mutilated, the owner of the vehicle for which the 
plated were issued may obtain replacement fee prescribed by Section 
502.184(a)(2).
	(g)  If the owner of a vehicle registration year, the owner 
shall return the special license plated to the department.
	Section 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.