By: Krusee (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) H.B. No. 1735
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2005;
April 19, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation and Homeland Security; May 11, 2005, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 11, 2005,
sent to printer.)
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 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.
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