By: Watson S.B. No. 1271

(In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2019; March 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; March 20, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 20, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of Keep Austin Weird 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 504.671 to read as follows:

Sec. 504.671. KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD LICENSE PLATES. (a) The department shall issue specialty license plates that include the words "Keep Austin Weird."

(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 the general revenue fund.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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