81R5203 JD-D
By: Solomons H.B. No. 1304
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of new specialty license plates by the
Texas Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 504.801(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The department shall design each new specialty license
plate in consultation with the sponsor, if any, that applied for
creation of that specialty license plate. The department may
refuse to create a new specialty license plate if the design might
be offensive to any member of the public, [if the nominated state
agency does not consent to receipt of the funds derived from
issuance of the license plate,] if the uses identified for the
[those] funds derived from the issuance of the license plate might
violate a statute or constitutional provision, or for any other
reason established by rule. At the request of the sponsor,
distribution of the license plate may be limited by the department.
SECTION 2. 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, 2009.