By: Bucy, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) H.B. No. 1863
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021;
  May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation; May 20, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;
  May 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1863 By:  Seliger
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the issuance of Make-A-Wish 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 504.675 to read as follows:
         Sec. 504.675.  MAKE-A-WISH LICENSE PLATES. (a)  The
  department shall issue specialty license plates that include the
  words "Make-A-Wish" and an image of the blue Make-A-Wish logo.  The
  department shall design the plates in consultation with the Central
  and South Texas chapter of Make-A-Wish.
         (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 Health and Human
  Services Commission to make grants to a nonprofit organization that
  has a history of providing services to children diagnosed with a
  critical illness for the purpose of providing those services.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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