79R2473 JRJ-F

By:  Krusee                                                       H.B. No. 1735


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 September 1, 2005.