81R5203 JD-D
 
  By: Solomons H.B. No. 1304
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of new specialty license plates by the
  Texas Department of Transportation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 504.801(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The department shall design each new specialty license
  plate in consultation with the sponsor, if any, that applied for
  creation of that specialty license plate. The department may
  refuse to create a new specialty license plate if the design might
  be offensive to any member of the public, [if the nominated state
  agency does not consent to receipt of the funds derived from
  issuance of the license plate,] if the uses identified for the 
  [those] funds derived from the issuance of the license plate might
  violate a statute or constitutional provision, or for any other
  reason established by rule. At the request of the sponsor,
  distribution of the license plate may be limited by the department.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2009.