By: Deuell S.B. No. 1044

(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2007; March 14, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security; April 23, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 23, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1044 By: Carona

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to revenue from Texas State Rifle Association specialty license plates.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 504.631, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee shall be deposited to the credit of an account in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only to the Texas Cooperative Extension of The Texas A&M University System as follows:

(1) 50 percent to supplement existing and future scholarship programs supported by the Texas State Rifle Association; and

(2) 50 percent to support the [to provide grants to] 4-H Shooting Sports Program for youth [Club shooting sports programs to promote safety education].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

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