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. ______________________________ ______________________________ 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. ______________________________ 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. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor