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79R5384 JRJ-D

By:  Gattis                                                       H.B. No. 1480



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of special license plates to benefit 
certain programs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 504.608, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 504.608.  MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING [TEXAS 
COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE] LICENSE PLATES.  (a)  The 
department shall issue specialty license plates that include the 
words "Mothers Against Drunk Driving [Boy Scouts of America]."  The 
department shall design the license plates in consultation with 
Mothers Against Drunk Driving [the Boy Scouts of America].
	(b)  After deduction of the department's administrative 
costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates 
shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund and may 
be appropriated only to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating 
Board in making grants to benefit [Commission on Alcohol and Drug 
Abuse for] drug-abuse prevention and education programs sponsored 
by Mothers Against Drunk Driving [provided by nonprofit 
organizations that primarily serve children].
	[(c)  In selecting a program provider under Subsection (b), 
it is the intent of the legislature that, to the extent permissible, 
preference be given to a provider whose membership substantially 
consists of persons who purchase the specialty license plates.]
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 504.6545 to read as follows:
	Sec. 504.6545.  BOY SCOUT LICENSE PLATES.  (a)  The 
department shall issue specialty license plates that include the 
words "Boy Scouts of America."  The department shall design the 
license plates in consultation with the Boy Scouts of America.
	(b)  After deduction of the department's administrative 
costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates 
shall be deposited to the credit of the Boy Scout account in the 
general revenue fund.  Money in the account may be used only by the 
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in making grants to 
benefit educational projects sponsored by Boy Scout councils in 
this state.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.