H.B. No. 1301

	AN ACT
	relating to making a voluntary contribution to the Parks and
	Wildlife Department when registering a motor vehicle or renewing a
	motor vehicle registration.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Sections 502.1747 and 502.1748 to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 502.1747.  VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO PARKS AND WILDLIFE
	DEPARTMENT. (a)  When a person registers or renews the registration
	of a motor vehicle under this chapter, the person may contribute $5
	or more to the Parks and Wildlife Department.
	(b)  The department shall:
	(1)  include space on each motor vehicle registration
	renewal notice, on the page that states the total fee for
	registration renewal, that allows a person renewing a registration
	to indicate the amount that the person is voluntarily contributing
	to the state parks account;
	(2)  provide an opportunity to contribute to the state
	parks account similar to the opportunity described by Subsection
	(a) and in the manner described by Subdivision (1) in any
	registration renewal system that succeeds the system in place on
	September 1, 2011; and
	(3)  provide an opportunity for a person to contribute
	to the state parks account during the registration renewal process
	on the department's Internet website.
	(c)  If a person makes a contribution under this section and
	does not pay the full amount of a registration fee, the county
	assessor-collector may credit all or a portion of the contribution
	to the person's registration fee.
	(d)  The county assessor-collector shall send any
	contribution made under this section to the comptroller for deposit
	to the credit of the state parks account under Section 11.035, Parks
	and Wildlife Code. Money received by the Parks and Wildlife
	Department under this section may be used only for the operation and
	maintenance of state parks, historic sites, or natural areas under
	the jurisdiction of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
	(e)  The department shall consult with the Parks and Wildlife
	Department in performing the department's duties under this
	section.
	Sec. 502.1748.  DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN VOLUNTARY
	CONTRIBUTIONS.  If a person makes a voluntary contribution under
	Section 502.1746 or 502.1747 at the time the person registers or
	renews the registration of a motor vehicle under this chapter but
	the person does not clearly specify the entity to which the person
	intends to contribute, the county assessor-collector shall divide
	the contribution between the entities authorized to receive
	contributions under those sections.
	SECTION 2.  Sections 502.1747 and 502.1748, Transportation
	Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a motor vehicle
	registration renewal notice issued for a registration that expires
	on or after January 1, 2012.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1301 was passed by the House on April
	14, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 1301 on May 25, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1301 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 24, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0
	.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor