H.B. No. 1480
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of certain special license plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) Section 504.3135, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 504.3135. OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. The department
shall issue without charge specialty license plates for persons who
served in the United States armed forces and participated in
Operation Iraqi Freedom [on or after November 8, 2002, or on or
before May 1, 2003]. License plates issued under this section must
include the words "Operation Iraqi Freedom."
(b) The change in law made by this section applies only to a
registration period beginning on or after the effective date of
this Act.
SECTION 2. Section 504.608, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 504.608. MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING [TEXAS
COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE] LICENSE PLATES. (a) The
department shall issue specialty license plates that include the
words "Mothers Against Drunk Driving [Boy Scouts of America]." The
department shall design the license plates in consultation with
Mothers Against Drunk Driving [the Boy Scouts of America].
(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 and may
be appropriated only to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board in making grants to benefit [Commission on Alcohol and Drug
Abuse for] drug-abuse prevention and education programs sponsored
by Mothers Against Drunk Driving [provided by nonprofit
organizations that primarily serve children].
[(c) In selecting a program provider under Subsection (b),
it is the intent of the legislature that, to the extent permissible,
preference be given to a provider whose membership substantially
consists of persons who purchase the specialty license plates.]
SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 504.6545 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.6545. BOY SCOUT LICENSE PLATES. (a) The
department shall issue specialty license plates that include the
words "Boy Scouts of America." The department shall design the
license plates in consultation with the Boy Scouts of America.
(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 Boy Scout account in the
general revenue fund. Money in the account may be used only by the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in making grants to
benefit educational projects sponsored by Boy Scout councils in
this state.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1480 was passed by the House on April
22, 2005, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1480 on May 24, 2005, by a non-record
vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1480 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 23, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor