H.B. No. 315 AN ACT relating to the issuance of "In God We Trust" 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 504.665 to read as follows: Sec. 504.665. IN GOD WE TRUST LICENSE PLATES. (a) The department shall issue specially designed license plates that include the words "In God We Trust." (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 general revenue fund and may be appropriated only to the Texas Veterans Commission. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 315 was passed by the House on April 16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 315 on May 21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 315 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor