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                                                                  H.B. No. 1735




AN ACT

relating to souvenir license plates.                                          
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 504.003, Transportation Code, is amended 
by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (e) to 
read as follows:
	(b)  The fee for a single souvenir license plate is $20.  The 
fee shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund 
unless the souvenir license plate is a replica of a specialty 
license plate issued under Subchapter G or I for which the fee is 
deposited to an account other than the state highway fund, in which 
case:
		(1)  $10 of the fee for the souvenir license plate shall 
be deposited to the credit of the designated account; and
		(2)  $10 of the fee for the souvenir license plate shall 
be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund.
	(c)  If the souvenir license plate is personalized, the fee 
for the plate is $40.  Of the fee:
		(1)  $20 shall be deposited to the credit of the state 
highway fund; [and]
		(2)  $10 shall be deposited to the credit of the 
designated account if the souvenir license plate is a replica of a 
specialty license plate issued under Subchapter G or I for which the 
fee is deposited to a designated account other than the state 
highway fund; and
		(3)  the remainder shall be deposited to the credit of 
the general revenue fund.
	(e)  A beneficiary of a specialty license plate issued under 
Subchapter G or I, as designated by the applicable section of those 
subchapters, may purchase the specialty license plates, in boxes of 
25, for use or resale by the beneficiary.  The beneficiary shall pay 
the required fee per plate, less the amount of the fee that would be 
deposited to the credit of the designated account.
	SECTION 2.  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, 2005.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1735 was passed by the House on April 
14, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1735 was passed by the Senate on May 
19, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor