81R11076 MTB-F
By: Deuell S.B. No. 2415
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to license plates created by the Texas Department of
Transportation for professional firefighters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 504.802 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.802. CERTAIN LICENSE PLATES CREATED BY DEPARTMENT.
(a) If the department has created a specialty license plate under
Section 504.801 for professional firefighters, the department
shall allow the sponsor of the license plate to nominate a state
agency for receipt of funds under Section 504.801(b) at any time
after the creation of the license plate.
(b) Funds received by a state agency under this section
shall be used in making grants to support the activities of an
organization of professional firefighters located in this state
that provides emergency relief and college scholarship funds to
professional firefighters and dependents.
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.