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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Safe Routes to School Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.648, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.648. GOD BLESS TEXAS AND GOD BLESS AMERICA LICENSE |
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PLATES. (a) The department shall issue specialty license plates |
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that include the words "God Bless Texas" and "God Bless America." |
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(b) After deduction of the department's administrative |
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costs, the remainder of the fee [for issuance of the license plates] |
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shall be deposited to the credit of the share the road account in |
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the state treasury [state highway fund] and may only be used by the |
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Texas Education Agency to support [for] the Safe Routes to School |
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Program of a designated statewide nonprofit organization whose |
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primary purpose is to promote bicyclist safety, education, and |
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access through: |
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(1) education and awareness programs; and |
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(2) training, workshops, educational materials, and |
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media events. |
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(c) Up to 25 percent of the amount in Subsection (b) may be |
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used to support the activities of the nonprofit organization in |
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marketing and promoting the Safe Routes to School Program and |
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license plates. |
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(d)[(c)] The fee for the license plates is $40. |
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(e) The funds may be used as a funding match for federal safe |
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routes to school and obesity prevention programs. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |