By: Eiland (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 1286
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2009;
May 1, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation and Homeland Security; May 21, 2009, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2009,
sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of Save Our Beaches 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 504.6275 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.6275. SAVE OUR BEACHES LICENSE PLATES. (a) The
department shall issue specialty license plates to support the
coastal protection and improvement program.
(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 coastal protection and
improvement fund established by Section 33.653, Natural Resources
Code, to fund the cleaning, maintaining, nourishing, and protecting
of state beaches.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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