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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirements for the issuance of certain specialty |
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license plates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.701(d), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) On or after September 1, 2004, the department may |
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continue to issue license plates under: |
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(1) Section 504.615 for a particular institution of |
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higher education or private college or university only if before |
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that date: |
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(A) 800 [1,500] sets of license plates for the |
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particular institution, college, or university have been issued or |
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presold; |
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(B) $8,000 [$15,000] has been received by the |
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department from the issuance of the license plates for that |
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institution, college, or university; or |
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(C) $8,000 [$15,000] has been deposited with the |
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department for the continued issuance of the license plates for |
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that institution, college, or university; or |
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(2) Section 504.614 for a particular professional |
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sports team only if before that date: |
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(A) 1,900 [3,500] sets of the license plates for |
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that sports team have been issued or presold; |
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(B) $8,000 [$15,000] has been received by the |
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department from the issuance of license plates for that sports |
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team; or |
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(C) $8,000 [$15,000] has been deposited with the |
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department for the continued issuance of license plates for that |
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sports team. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 504.702(b) and (c), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The department may manufacture the specialty license |
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plates only if a request for manufacture of the license plates is |
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filed with the department. The request must be: |
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(1) made on a form adopted by the department; |
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(2) filed before the fifth anniversary of the |
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effective date of the law that authorizes the issuance of the |
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specialty license plates; and |
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(3) accompanied by: |
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(A) a deposit of $8,000 [$15,000]; or |
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(B) applications for issuance of at least 1,900 |
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[3,500] sets of the license plates plus the fees for issuance of |
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that number of sets. |
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(c) Money deposited with the department under Subsection |
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(b)(3)(A) shall be returned to the person who made the deposit only |
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if 1,900 [3,500] sets of the applicable license plates are issued or |
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presold. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a request for the manufacture of specialty license plates |
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received by the department on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. The change in law does not affect a request for the |
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manufacture of specialty license plates made before the effective |
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date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |