By: Lozano (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 263

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017; May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 10, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of "Back the Blue" specialty license plates.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 504.668 to read as follows:

Sec. 504.668. BACK THE BLUE LICENSE PLATES. (a) The department shall issue specialty license plates that include a thin blue line and the words "Back the Blue."

(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates shall be deposited to the credit of an account created by the comptroller in the manner provided by Section 504.6012(b). Money deposited to that account may be used only by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to provide financial assistance to survivors of peace officers under Chapter 615, Government Code.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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