Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1130 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/28/2019

                    86R4734 TSS-D
 By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 1130


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the issuance of Register to Vote 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 504.671 to read as follows:
 Sec. 504.671.  REGISTER TO VOTE LICENSE PLATES. (a) The
 department shall issue specialty license plates that include the
 words "Register to Vote."
 (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 an account created by the
 comptroller in the manner provided by Section 504.6012(b). Money
 deposited to that account may be used only by the secretary of state
 for Project V.O.T.E. or a successor voter education program
 administered by the office of the secretary of state.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.