81R6115 JAM-D
By: Zerwas H.B. No. 2182
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disposition of fees collected for certain specialty
license plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Of each fee collected for Donate Life Texas
license plates issued under Section 504.801, Transportation Code,
the Texas Department of Transportation shall send $22 to the
comptroller. Money received by the comptroller under this section
must be used to pay the costs of the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas
Registry, established under Chapter 49, Health and Safety Code, and
of the Texas Organ, Tissue, and Eye Donor Council, established
under Chapter 113, Health and Safety Code. Any money that is in
excess of the amount necessary to accomplish the purposes of this
section may be awarded using a competitive grant process to
qualified organizations to conduct organ, eye, and tissue donation
education activities in this state. A member of the Texas Organ,
Tissue, and Eye Donor Council may not receive a grant under this
section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.