By: Carona S.B. No. 1084

(In the Senate - Filed March 2, 2007; March 14, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security; March 26, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 26, 2007, sent to printer.)

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.

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