By: Carona S.B. No. 1084
 
 
 
   
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to advertising in Department of Public Safety of the State
of Texas driver's license mailings.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 521.006, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
       Sec. 521.006.  ADVERTISING IN DRIVER'S HANDBOOK AND DRIVER'S
LICENSE MAILINGS. (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the
department may sell advertising for inclusion in:
             (1)  any driver's handbook that the department
publishes; and
             (2)  any mailing the department makes in connection
with a driver's license.
       (b)  The department shall deposit the proceeds from the
advertising to the credit of the driver's license administration
[handbook] advertising account. The driver's license
administration [handbook] advertising account is an account in the
general revenue fund that may be appropriated only for the purpose
of administration of this chapter.
       (c)  The department may not include in the driver's handbook
or a driver's license mailing advertising for an alcoholic beverage
or a product promoting alcoholic beverages.
       SECTION 2.  This Act does not abolish the driver's handbook
advertising account, but renames the account as the driver's
license administration advertising account.
       SECTION 3.  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, 2007.